Free Agency Frenzy Day 2: Boston TE Party, Bears and Texans New QBs

ever again, because today was actually worse than yesterday. I thought actually moving from the old house to the new house was a pain in the ass, and it was. But today my wife, my wife had to drive my youngest UH to preschool, and then that left me alone with my oldest and then in that time, while I'm trying to set him up with Zoom class, I get a knock on the door. It's the guy that's come to mount the TV. Then I get another knock on the door. It's the guy in the back. He's the

pool guy. I have to learn how to deal with the pool because I have a pool. Now he's trying to show me things. I get another knock on the door. It's the locksmith to change all the keys. I get another knock on the door. I'm not making this up. It's the neighbors saying Tuesday at ten am a street cleaning and you got to get all these cars off the road. I almost had a meltdown. In fact, they did have one with my wife, and I feel bad and I will apologize when she gets home. If she

comes home. This is all very stressful, and I just want to say that this, this podcast, it really is as it's been in the past, is a calm mid storm. I feel comfortable and safe here and I don't really want to leave this little spockus. Once I do, chaos

will once again reign supreme. I would say that you absolutely, I mean your guys, and I know you couldn't time it out perfectly, but to have this land um right during the thick of free agency, UM was a masters broke by the hands his family, like moving is the worst.

I'm with you, and it's it's tricky, like you think about you know, our ancestors and the frontiers men who you know were first in this country and like all the pool men and um tv UM set her uppers that they had to deal with when they were just moving all the time. It was it's tough forget about those people, think about me, think about what I'm going through Greg now it is. It is the absolute worst. It's one reason I have stayed away right at least

so far from just moving. Now this moving bonanza going on. I haven't moved in seven years, first time since high school. I think I've made it past three years in a place. It's great. Well, it was hard enough to get your wife to even move to Los Angeles, so let's you know one thing at the time. I mean, I do think that I was the winner here though, because we had a lovely time with um young Jack and Harrison over at the house, and I will these guys remind me a lot of my own sons. But um, it

was a great time. They were wonderful, and I like the one thing I forgot about that little when they're little, Like when Harrison is he's he's four, and it kept telling me I'm four. I was like, really, that's awesome, but he would. They are obsessed with Godzilla and like, um, we were watching some movie that they had pinpointed and Harry kept going, Godzilla is already big has alread by big person. I was like, you're right, he is mad relative to the objects around him, he's huge. So I

was an absolutely wonderful time. I'm glad. Yeah, children go through fads um and things that they've become obsessed with and then forget about, and some hang around longer than others.

With this Godzilla versus Colng movie coming out, Uh, there has been a ramp up that is really unrivaled in in my house in terms of the obsession, Like they devour all the YouTube video and all of this of course ties in again to them being stuck at home and all this stuff, so they're they're more plugged into screens while mom and dad are busy and they just know everything about Godzilla and the history of the franchise

and all the other monsters within the Godzilla universe. I mean, the movie when that comes out at the end of the month, is going to be a bonanza in this house. So a lot going on a lot, and there's a lot going on in the NFL. How about that. Um, we're gonna get to it all. Well, everything that's happened in the last twenty four hours. And Greg I was thinking about this because again the Patriots have won free agency.

I mean, that's that's the headline, and that's only you're protecting. Well, then call me a seer because I've done this long enough. When they're writing the pieces at the end of the week, the Patriots are back. Yeah, Bill doesn't want to He doesn't want to deal with seven or nine ever again. And I get it, and he doesn't. I'm sure he doesn't. I'm wondering if, though, like this super aggressive spending spree by the Patriots and your take yesterday, which was they

were so talent pour in so many areas. Of course they've had to go this route, which obviously that makes sense, But I wonder if there's maybe a just like a twins of desperation involved here, that he was so used to being the man and being unchallenged in his greatness, that the sour taste of two thousand twenty has caused him to be aggressive in in a way he wouldn't have been years ago, when he was more confident in

his standing amidst the NFL universe. How about that, Greg, I don't think it's a tinge of desperation that it's I think it was born out in November and December people saying like, well, he watched Brady and now it's like he's jealous. It's like, no, he watched his team. He watched such a lousy passing game. And then front seven. So those would be the two things I would identify most which are among the worst in the NFL. And there was no coaching around that. They just didn't have talent.

So I think it's a ton of desperation. I don't think the whole like the league's talking about how he's fallen or this or that is necessary like his prime motivation. But he's a prideful guy who doesn't want like who doesn't want such a lousy team. I do think one thing that's been missed, though, is that they were setting up for this a little bit. I mean, I don't think they've They've never gone into an off season with this amount of cap space, and I do think they

were setting up a little bit for this offseason to do. So, don't you think a little bit there? I mean, there's the Patriots draft record has been somewhat spotty forever, right they're making up for their had they been like more successful with some of their draft picks. Like I don't know they wouldn't be in this situation. But I'd say the last three years that people get on him as a draft It's like I would say he'd be average or better for the fifteen years he's been there, but

the last three years have been terrible. There they just drafted to, you know, two tight ends in the third round last year before signing Jonny Smith and Henry who are about to get there. So so they traded up for one of them, so that that is an immediate like whoops. You know they have they have not done well in the draft the last couple of years. So

what are you going to do? On Friday? When our features editor Ali Bunpori connects with you and says, hey, we need somebody to write the Patriots are Back article column, And he says, I think you're the guy to do it. Do you do? You say no, I'm not doing it because I don't believe in the narrative. I you know,

you can go to NFL dot com right now. I wrote a big thing on the Patriots last night, essentially saying what I just did it was it was born out of desperation that that he knows how bad his roster is, and uh, so he's just throwing it, throwing it against the wall. Some of these will work, some of them won't. I the only thing I'm pushing back on is your narrative, Dan, because I think they're getting

a lot of criticism. I think everyone's saying, look at the Patriots being desperate in a way that they never excuse me, that they never were before. I think it's a it would be a prime spot to bring back the celebrated. I mean, this would be Ali's territory. But he said, he said column from way back when you could have Dan on the left side, I mean his patriots have one thing and Greg on the right. We all we all have an occasional like frog and Art wrote it happens to all of us. So Greg, I'm

not like, uh, you know, pointing you out. But every once in a while they're really good ones. And that was a good one. That was a bad one, good one, bad one. Mindset happened on NFL network. It's like the worst possible time. So I like Marx because there's there is speaking of tinges. There's a tinge of panic, and he's you can see him hitting the mute, butting and button and guzzling down some water and it just won't

go away. And that's knock up on me. Or else I would have hit the mute and didn't didn't see it coming. Yeah, human, it was vulnerable and human like. Again, my world is spinning. So I know the Patriots yesterday h came to terms with Johnny Smith. What was the other big move they made? They made a couple of obviously multiple moves. Uh, Matt jude On was the other one. Matt, that was the biggest one. And then also Jalen Mills and Divon god Chow. We we talked about. I mean,

it's crazy. They might they might have six or seven new starters. Whether it works or not, they will be playing on this team. So that was Monday. Then Tuesday rolls around and overnight into Two's day. The Patriots weren't done. They didn't just want the best tight end on the market or the one that most people were hot about. They wanted the other guy that people were talking about, Hunter Henry. So the Patriots lock up Henry. Let's get a little thrown at ease because I know Eric is

pumped up. She's still sour about this Cam Newton situation, and and she's still suffering because she you know, maybe Greg is saying he didn't care that Tom Brady won another Super Bowl somewhere else. But you know it killed Ricky, you know it killed Erica. So Erica, give me some thrown of ease. And now you have Hunter Henry and Janue Smith, Johnny Smith and of course now you're gonna have Hey, this is Gronk and Aaron Hernand is all over again. Could it be Greg? Do you think that?

Or is there one thing missing here? And it's like thirty four year old Tom Brady, Well yeah, that's that's the biggest thing still missing. But it gives them, It gives them a chance, whether it's Cam Newton or a rookie to be named later, or some other veteran that's thrown in this mix. You have to admit it's ridiculous that demere Bird led the team in snaps last year, and that Jacobe Myers was by far the best receiver on the team, including their tight ends. That it's among

the worst receiving groups in the last decade. And so now you have Hunter Henry and John new Smith to top ten tight ends who you can do a lot with. They were last in the league according to next Gen stats and two tight end sets over the last two years. And they used to be first in the league every year with with Gronk and Hernandez, there's not like an neither one of them is Hernandez on the field, you

know well or off the field. Thankfully. I hope um because I wanted to like say, you know, Jonny Smith is the ground because I kind of called him a portman's grown but Henry is really not like, uh, he's more like another Gronk um but just not that sort of blocker that they can They just makes them so

much more versatile. And then you signed Nelson aghilaar uh two and you think, okay, between him and Kendrick Bourne, who's more of a slot guy, you have a lot of guys who can move inside out, you have a lot of er fatility, you can play fast. I mean, they have guys. Is this even an above average receiving group? Maybe not. Still like this gets them from like thirty second to eighth or something. But that's a big jump. But but Greg, I think you pointed one thing out

that they just lay had no versatility last year. They were shipwrecked in terms of what they could do that. You know, you mentioned that they used two tight ends sets um at three three two percent of the time, which is by far the lowest in the league, and they averaged one yard per play when they had two tight ends on the field. So I mean that is counter and completely opposite for what Belichick tried to do

on offense for a long time. I think if you Cam Newton as a starter to you're getting stronger right up the middle. I like it a lot. Um. It is like fifty six million and guaranteed money, but I'm not sure why I'm supposed to care about that part of it as a human being. Um, if it works, they got the two best tight ends available and it opens up what they can do. And I do think that someone like Kendrick Borne better um each year in San Francisco is not a star. Nelson Agholor had the

best year after a really rough career in Philadelphia. If you get those versions of those guys, um you're looking up, you're a completely different offense. And you probably a run first offense too. Still, well, especially if Cam's going to be your guy, but I don't I don't think he will be. That's all. And you know that gets to my point. I like all these moves. I think Smith

and Henry that's great. That's gonna make them so much more dynamic, and um be able to have guys that can make plays, whether it's down the seam or just in general, just have more talented players on the field. Nelson Aghilar, I've talked about him and the ramp up towards free agency that I thought he was could be somebody's bargain because he really did flash with the Raiders.

I'm not sure why they didn't keep try harder to keep him around, but um, it all kind of goes back to Cam and can Cam Newton coming off a season where he had what eight touchdown passes and I know he ran for double digit scores, but you know that's that's pretty remarkable the number of touchdown passes he had, and a lot of that played into his supporting cast, of course, but Nelson Aghil is a guy that did all his damage or a lot of his damage as

a deep threat. Can Cam deliver throws like that anymore? Can he be accurate enough to take advantage of these great tight ends? And then you can say, well, maybe it's not gonna be Cam. Maybe it's gonna be somebody else.

All right, maybe it is, But then you got to think about what we've been talking about, like all these deals where it's like four year deal, fifty million dollars and then we're like, well, it's actually just a two year deal for all And what that to me says, It's like there's more urgency than than you realize with this. You can't necessarily kick away Um a year off. Cam can't really play because you're basically paying these guys on two year deals. So there is always urgency, especially the

way contracts are structured. Cam has to be able to play unless there is and Belichick seems like he's I don't know whether he's on tilt or whether he's being extremely savvy, and we'll find out, but he's gonna want results this year, and you wonder how patient he'll be with Cam or if he feels like he needs to make another splash. There's reports out there that they're in on Chris Carson and Leonard Fournette as well. They're just looking to do a complete makeover via free agency, which

usually does not work. But since it's Belichick, you get the Benett of the doubt, and you get things like the Patriots are back, and again Greg saying I'm the only one that's saying it. Maybe right now I'm the only one that's saying it, but there's some people I would say, it's like, I think I've just seen sort of the counter narrative, just as hardcore, because that is

the logical one. If you look at UM the highest spending teams in guaranteeing money in the history of free agency, UM, the Jets are both in the top four that didn't work. The Dolphins last year UH is number one that did work to to a degree. UM although two of the biggest signings they had, Shack Lawson and Kyle van Noy, are no longer on the team. So even though the

team did better, some of those signings didn't work. The Patriots are going to pass those teams and they'll be the So this it is unprecedented, It is out of it is out of desperation. It does make them more fun to watch. I do think though the Bellichicks in it to win it every year. I believe he was last. I believe they maybe took a little bit of a step back last year. But even then he thought they

would be better than they were. I mean, I think he thinks they're playing to win a title every year, whether or not, I'm gonna ask you why Tom Brady is not on the team anymore, if he's really in it to win every year because he I think the reason is at some point you're gonna have to take your medicine with the dead money, and you kept kicking

the can. And they decided clearly too early based on how well Brady can still play with a good surrounding talent, that last year was the year to do it, and that that that Brady wasn't gonna succeed with last year's Patriots team, which, by the way, I agree they kind of ate a lot of cap space last year to open it up this year. They wouldn't be spending all this money if they had Tom Brady. Doesn't mean they made the right decision. They Brady would have made that

team much better last year. I wouldn't, yeah, but he wouldn't have been in the same situation as he was in Tampa Bay. And I like back to Dan's thing. I do think that there is an enormous amount of people that think this is sort of a Bill Belichick revenge toward Now, I'm not trying to be like some sort of talk radio person saying that, but if you go on Twitter, how many people used to in Twitter is extremely annoying this week. It is burning me up. It is it is eating me up. But like it's

how many, how many individuals. It's like everything the Patriots do, it's a gift of someone being like Bill Belichick to the football world, and it's like someone slapping a man in the face. I don't know, it's just like a lot of lack of creativity. Everyone sort of saying the same thing. So I appreciate the fact that we have two people here um saying different things. Um. Well, Riddick Lewis Riddick stands out to me. There's a couple of

Belichick guys in the media. And to give Riddick some credit, he forecasted this a month ago. He said, you gotta be kidding me. If you think Belichick is just gonna sit by, He's gonna go nuts. And I think Cassario leaving This is why why I want to make one final point is a huge deal. You have heard rumers in New England that the front office guys were all getting frustrated because more than ever the last couple of years, Belichick's showing up on drafting and say, no, that's nice.

He did all this work. I'm gonna do whatever I want to do, and um, it hasn't really worked that well necessarily. And now in free agency, maybe you get the feel that, like everyone, that's usually kind of a little more calm when free agency is out the window and Beltics is doing whatever he wants to do. We'll see if it works. I don't want to yeah, and I don't want to be reductive here, but it's they have an ugly seven and nine season, kind of amazing.

They won seven, Yeah, it was an ugly seven and the first game first place schedule. It's an ugly seven and nine in the first year without Tom, Tom goes and wins the Super Bowl and then the Patriots a month later spend more money than anyone in the history of the sport. And free agency. Again, I don't want to oversimplify it, but you can connect the dots there. The bill is like, okay, also, I want to build a team here. I can't think again, I don't have

years old. I mean, it's like, you know, he can't go into a six year rebuild mode. And I think that he simply refuses to do that. But most of the teams that do that are poorly run, poorly lead, and can't figure out their own problems. I think the Patriots to say we're gonna figure out figure this out quicker than some of these other clown shows. On the subject of the Hunter Henry signing, let's hear from the

voice the conscience of Patriots fans. Scott's all worry. That was not really for the radio audience, but that was Zolax radio show, and he's done. They were just all standing up and going crazy crazy over Hunter Henry signing. All right, okay, so there we go. The athletes took one of your jets, Henry Anderson. How about I saw that well an ex jet. He was a bust that they It was a nice trade by the Jets couple of years ago from the Cults. They got him for

a lit round pick. He blew up and had a nice little season and then did nothing for two years after getting paid. I don't think they're done by the ways are done. Glazer put out a tweet saying like watch Out wouldn't surprise me if they're in the mix for more more they need an offensive lineman. They've lost Joe Tuney and their center David Andrews is a free agent too, So that not that I would say. Also this nay mean nothing, because these things usually are nothing.

But Odell Beckham tweeted a few things right before we started to have people freaking out, uh too. He wrote and then and thanking God and other stuff. So I don't you know, that could be he had a nice day at the gym, but it could be something else. I'm not sure. Then Cleveland Act too, I mean the Giants are Act one that people were people were wondering if what it meant was that he's going back to New York for an act to which could be the Jets, could be the Giants, who knows? Or the Bills that

certainly not the Bills, but New York, New York. I can't I can't lie. I mean, if if the Jets pulled off a trade where they didn't give up a lot and I mean first round picks to get O'Dell Beckham, I'd be excited. But it's like what we wouldn't be hearing about Odell Beckham is a di action anymore. If he went to the Jets, it would be no conversations, would vanish listen. He puts his head down and he does the work. In other news, Ryan Fitzpatrick, I guess

he's not retiring. Not only is Ryan Fitzpatrick not retiring the Amish Rifles. He everybody calls him fitz Magic, but if you go back long enough, you could say the Amish Rifle. Um. Ryan Fitzpatrick has found a landing spot where he's finally going to get a starting job. I think out of this, the Washington football team signed the

veteran to a one year, ten million dollar contract. Schefter reported that Fitzpatrick is expected to head to camp as the starter, with competition from Tyler Heineke, which I know everybody was over the moon about Tyler Heineke in the playoff game against Tampa. Uh, it was fun, it was good. But I think Ryan Fitzpatrick, the idea of him getting a shot here after really greg the last three or four years, he's played as well as he's ever aid, and he's really earned a starting job and I hope

the rug doesn't get pulled out from under him here. Yeah, I would expect him to start, because you know, Heinek is making less than half as much. I think the contracts are always instructive. You know, when you look at Cam Newton's money and Jamis Winston's money, who will get to They're making almost half as much as Fitzpatrick and Heinik is making less than half as much as Fitzpatrick. I think he used that retirement as a little bit

of leverage, and there was probably some competition. Maybe it was from Chicago. Most likely it was from Chicago based on reports and that. You know, it's not like primetime starter money. They might still draft a quarterback. But if I'm a Washington fan, like your season just got more fun. If you're a fantasy football owner of McLaurin or Logan Thomas or Antonio Gibson, you're probably gonna get more yards. I mean, they won seven games coaching around their their

quarterbacks last year. Fitzpatrick's an upgrade. Mark's not feeling it. I can know. I love Ryan Fitzpatrick, but I I I guess I'm just wondering if this is sort of the Ron Rivera experience to some degree that you're always going to tilt towards um a veteran who has been around the block that you trust, versus what I really think Washington should do, which is aggressively find the quarterback in the future. They tried to do that with Dwayne Haskins.

That obviously didn't work out. They made the playoffs that kind of ruined their pick. You know, they had the same record as the Patriots, but they're gonna be picking pretty late because they That's true. But I mean there in there were always ways. There are always ways to get to get up and and is it a safer plan than you'd want if you're a Washington fan thinking beyond this next season? Mhm uh. In other news, you've heard it before, and I'm praying to God you never

hear it again. The Jets haven't had a premium pass rusher since John Abraham left in two thousand five. It is the lead of a million no books by Jets beat writers over the past decade and a half. And if Carl Lawson is able to take his game in the direction that some people think he can, maybe, at long last, the curse of John Abraham will be lifted. The Jets signed laws informally of the Bengals to a three year forty five million dollar contract and includes thirty

million guaranteed. Um, he hasn't had huge numbers twenty sacks and four seasons. But when you read about it, and obviously when you're a fan of a team, you start just you know ingesting all this content. Everybody seems to love him and sees him as an ascended player. And the fact that he's uh in terms of QB rushes and hits, he's way up there in terms of his

positional group. That Lawson is a guy who can make the next step Mark and become a star pass rusher, And especially with Robert Salah there who his defense thrives off that and he had it and Nick Bosta a guy in the edge, I can go get a quarterback. And it all hinged on that it's supposed to be Carl Lawson. I trust Robert Sala I can tell you that.

SOA So I ask you this, Mark Sessler, do you mean look I I would say this that, Um, we're all pro Robert sala In the whole situation happening, I wonder if things would get a bit tiresome down the road.

But Carl lost in me. You're getting sounds like you've already gotten there, Mr No no no, I honestly think I mean with that sound, the sound just like you know I I would like to think that when the Browns made the playoffs for the first time ever on our show, I took a rather quiet, hushed, tumble approach to it. I don't think that's the approach will take it.

The Jets start off eight and one, but um, you deserve it, and I think the Jets are in a completely different place and they're conflicted in the way you're speaking right now. No no no, I this is a Jets think team that I could buy into more than

these past incarnage. I think Carl Lawson is like, if anything, if you just get what he's sort of been every year, UM, I like it much more than like going after Trey Hendrickson, who I you know, had a great season last year and we'll get to him, but that is that's more of a gamble. I think Carl Lawson is gonna give you production like he did in Cincinnati right away. They know that they trust him. He's been super consistent, and I think it's a great person to pair alongside, you know,

Quentin Williams on that line, it's crazy. They've not had a like a reliable pass rush since two thousand and five. That's absurd. And quickly this leadership has come in and changed that. So you have to look at the Jets in general, with some of the other stuff that they've done, with what we can discuss, like, this is a different Jets team. It just is. And I trust the leadership and I haven't there for as long as I've known you dance, so this is different. I love Lawston, I

mean he was my face. He was number five on the final one oh one list after you took away the franchise tags and stuff like that, And initially it was really hard to set bread all these pass rangers, Hendrickson and Gockway, Jude On dupre Um. You can even throw Shack Barrett in there. It's funny because they all got very similar contracts. Barrett was like a little higher than the rest and Gockway was a little lower. The

rest were almost identical. And Lawson was my favorite, just sort of my personal favorite because I've watched them the last two years and to me, he's pass rushing. The bottle he did wasn't getting a lot of attention, but a lot of juice, every snap, effort, speed, it's it's what you want. Now. He's not gonna play like a

thousand snaps at least the Bengals didn't use them that way. Um. But man, he was fourth among edd dressers and pressures and second and hits and and when you when you watch them snap after staff, he just seems like he's always there. And I really liked him because he's the type of free agent. I think you've got a chance that he gets better now you're upgrading the coaching staff, maybe upgrading the surroundings with Quinnin Williams next to him, um,

and he's gotten better each year. Like I I don't love the other two Jets signings that they've made. I love I love the loss in one and think like he might go to another level and be and be a total star. And that's c J. Mosley back to. I mean, baring is happening there. We'll see, but maybe he might be on the trade blockers back back is tough because he's never played for them essentially, but you know, um, yeah,

I think that's what feels different. Um. And I think that's what you're alluding to, Mark and and for me for sure. Like if the Jets, with their decision makers, target guy like Lawson, I believe that there's that is gonna work because I believe Salo has an eye for a defensive talent and he knows who's gonna work in a system. And I think Joe Douglas is a smart guy who knows how to make good football decisions. So I think the brain trust there is sound. So you

have Corey Davis added as well at wide receiver. Um this one I was a little bit more um on the fence about because I think the Jets what they want, what I want them to come out of this offseason with, is a number one wide receiver, a true number one. And then it feels like then Denzel Mims, who's a promising second round pick, can develop as a like a number two guy. And I like Jamison Crowder in the slot.

I want to keep him there. With Corey Davis, I know he was a first round bust for the Titans who came out of nowhere kind of last year and and had nearly a thousand yards in fourteen games, and people like his intangibles and his size. He's big like Mims is. But now you're kind of betting here that you need Corey Davis or Denzel Mims for this really to fly and work, uh, to develop into a true number one. And we just don't have track record for

any of those guys. So when you factor in the money that was spent three years thirty seven and a half twenty seven guaranteed, and Davis's pedigree in background and lack of success before, this one feels like more of a gamble and I'm not so sure about it. Well, it may they may not be done. It's there are

some really intriguing wide receivers in the draft too. And I would also just say with Mike Lafleur, if you look at like a Kyle Shanahan type offense, this is going to be a run Day's team that you know, do you need a star number one wide receiver in those Niners offenses? Never hurts, But it doesn't have to be that way. And I like the pairing of Mimes and you've got Davis and You've got you know, there's

who else they have they have h Jamison Crowder. I mean that's I don't dislike that group in the in the in a rookie draft, someone else. Davis was a guy we we sort of had on those you know, be careful lists, you know, because because he was injured and he was I don't know if he was a bus He was just sort of not what you expected of a top five pick. He was just kind of like a solid number two. And that's you know, he

he got a lot of money. It's very interesting to me that Nelson Agilar and Corey Davis are the two receivers that are off the board quickly and not at not really at discounts at a little maybe I expected Davis to get and I didn't. I didn't expect either one of them to make twelve thirteen million dollars a year. But Agilar to the Patriots and Davis to the Jets kind of at premium, signing quickly, whereas Juju and Gola A and Will Fuller and Curtis Samuel are all kind

of waiting out there. Presumably they want more money then Davis and Aguilar took. I don't know if they're gonna get it, like that's usually what what happens, and the Jets Jets valued Davis. It's a little bit of a risk. Are those other whiteouts waiting for Gala Day or is it like a Curtis Samuel situation. It just seems like it's frozen. And their reports that wide receivers were saying the market is utter crap right now and there's no movement.

And other Jets as they signed linebacker Jared Davis, a former first round pick as well who didn't get his option, picked up him with the Detroit Lions, so sale has like something he sees. He also primarily plays the same position as C. J. Mosley, so NFL Networks Tom L Zero reports the Jets are receiving trade calls on Moseley, who got you know, grossly overpaid um on the free agency market a couple of years ago. But he was a great player and then he just hasn't played with

the Jets. He got hurt in the first in the third quarter of the season open in two thousand nineteen, essentially missed the rest of the year more or less, and then opted out in ties. So I don't know whether he's on the s list with the Jets, who are quietly unhappy with the opt out after he missed all of the first year or what. But uh uh, that could be a move to keep an eye on if they could find a willing partner. One of the most surprising markets for any point, maybe the most was

Jared DearS. I was shocked by that contract he got five guaranteed because there were multiple teams that wanted him. I mean, Lions fans are scratching their heads just because he he was a bust he you know, he couldn't even get on the field last year, but even before that he was really struggling. Maybe that's all on Patricia because there were multiple there were multiple coaches who loved him coming out of the draft that ended up bidding

up his price. I was sort of stunned by that one, Like he seemed like a guy who would maybe struggle to get anything. We talked about Drew Brees his retirement on Monday's show, and then shortly after we unplugged for the day, the Saints made an official that Jamis Winston was under contract one year UH twelve million. I believe

it's less than that guaranteed uh. And Winston will um enter into the training camp in a competition, according to Sean Payton, who said on The Dan Patrick Show that the two quarterbacks are going to be competing for QB one status. I want to see who else is added to this room. I think the contracts instructive. Again, it's really more like five and a half six million, almost identical the Cam Newton's contract, so Taysom Hill technically makes

more money. You would think Jamis Winston has the upper hand just logically, But uh, I believe Sean Payton when he says the competition. I just was seeing the little whispers out there that they might be in on Rabinsky if the if the price falls low enough, So Sean Payton might just be down to get weird here. I don't know. And if they're thinking about Robisky, they must be thinking about like got a pick too. It's like crazy to me because I think it's Trabinsky is not

anybody's idea of a superstar. But if you're if you're interested in Jamis Winston and rehabilitating his career, the Trabinsky to me or they're very similar in that you know their disappointments, looking for a fresh start, and maybe Peyton just likes the skill set better or his ability to protect them all a little bit more. Yeah, I don't need to see it. That's going one step too far. I like the idea that John Payton can fix player x um, especially in the same division where Jamis was.

I'm cool with that. The Trabinsky thing, first of all, if you have three of these people, what are we doing here? Who? Who's getting shot? What? It just seems completely absurd to me and I and I gotta be honest, I I'm rooting for this. I like the whole thing, but um, the whole Saints quarterback storyline is starting to wear on me. Not I had like a like a bag of bricks on my head walking around town. That's how it feels. It's just like, figure it out, have

a competition. Let's talk in August. Yeah, wait till August. Yeah. If Winston's he's he's the ultimate. He's only twenty seven years old. Guy, Ever, h he is still somehow only wait, that's still Sammy Watkins's title. Let's down there. Um. But if it doesn't happen, if he doesn't get the chance, or it doesn't happen with Sean Payton, I mean this, this is it. This is his year to change the course of the rest of his career and make himself

a starter for the next ten years. If he can't do it with this Saints team and Sean Payton, It's it's not gonna happen, and I finally give up the ghost I do. I I enjoy. There are certain players or coaches over the years of doing this that really Mark can't hate more. And then anytime they get brought up, you know they're about to take some sniper fire. Trabiskie at quarterback, in Naggie at head coach. Those guys are in the Sessler cross hairs like not too many guys

I can remember in the history of this podcast. Well, I think the one thing that gets misunderstood and and you know, I thought that Wes. I felt this way about certain teams and scenarios to where it's like, I'm not against the Bears or Bears fans, I'm wanting more for them. And I get annoyed when I hear anyone kind of just tell you, hey, this will be fine. You know, hold that thought, because speak handing of the

Chicago Bears, we have breaking news their Madam Schefter. Former Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton is signing a one year, ten million dollar deal with the Chicago Bears. He has a chance to earn another three million in incentives. So the Bears, who it always felt like a total pipe dream, but there are the reports that they were all in for Russell Wilson, and hell, maybe they still are trying to make that happen. But Dalton feels like now the fallback

option or just their move going forward. Uh, Andy Dalton in Chicago's doesn't doesn't sound overly exciting for anybody involved. I have to be Isn't this exactly what I was just talking about? Yeah, I mean it's like you are right about trabiscuits. To Mark's point, he never stopped banging on him during that good season they had where people tried to conn He never Yeah, I see it makes a lot more sense. Um, But no, you're right. Good job, Andy Dalton. Know. I like Dalton. I've always liked Alton.

I've always supported him on the show and thought he was a little better than he got credit for. So I don't like this though. I I feel like Chicago is in a in a kind of a weird place in the NFL. They're in a bit of a funk, and uh Naggy enters the season on on shaky ground. Obviously, Andy Dalton going to the Bears, We'll see how that goes, and we'll see if he's the starter. But uh, all right, good for him. He got paid. Who who's who's bidding

against him? For real? Because someone was I gotta imagine they just gave him ten million. Dallas doesn't disappointed Jacksonville, but it was probably Denver because Dallas, I don't know if that's he is their starter. Get ready Bears fans out, man, I feel bad for them. Unwatchable. Take him out of prime time? This Sierre, Mike North, whoever is making the schedule. They haven't done it yet. What is his name? Is

that Mike North? It's something like that. That's the problem that Mark and I both there's too much Bears in primetime. That's the problem. That's Chicago. It's the market. Yes, don't include me in that. I can't get enough of the Chicago Bears in prime time. Please keep me out of that conversation. The Cincinnati Bengals, Uh, they lost Carl Lawson to the Jets. They signed Trey Hendrickson, formerly of the Saints,

four year, sixty million. Hendricks kind of interesting because they're the same age, and it's it's just basically replacing one guy with the other. Um, and they're both seen as guys that are um ascendant or late bloomers. Trey Hendrickson didn't do much at all in his first three seasons. In fact, he had six and a half sacks in his first three seasons and then blew up with New

Orleans for thirteen and a half. So great job by you, Trey Hendrickson in your contract here and you could see what it does for a player in a person's life to have a truly big breakout season in that final year before you go free agent. Good for him. Four, It is a little weird. I'd be a little worried that the Saints kind of valued keeping Marcus Williams their safety over Hendrickson. And the Bengals are just they're kind of like basic in some ways and everything they do.

If you look at the three free agents they signed so far, it's like exactly replacing someone leaving the roster. So they signed Mike Kelton, like Mike Kelton a lot West for instance, a huge fan. Okay, he's you lost Mackenzie Alexander. Okay, we'll replace him with Mike Hilton. We're gonna lose William Jackson, one of the best cornerbacks in the market. We're gonna sign a Woozier from Dallas. Okay, we replace him, we lose Lawson and we replace him

with Hendrickson. It's just like this is this is the Bengals way. They're not gonna even when they're making some moves, which I like. I like all three of these players on some level. Uh, it's like it doesn't get you jazz. Then if you do get last year's version of Hendrickson, though, he just seemed to me like a figure that arrived from like fifty years ago. He was disruptive, he's fun

to watch. Um he blew a few people up. I just I liked the player a lot, But it seemed to me like the Bengals in Karl Lawson, had someone that had had done it every year. You like, I think the Jets of the two big pass rushers here got the guy you're just gonna You're gonna know what he's gonna do. Trey Henderson. If he does what he if he's this is who he was last year's version, cool, But if he was in a situation where that changes,

um is a lot of money. And by the way, Cincinnati and you know there's still a lot of time, and there are guys out there that have not been signed yet that will be big time players for teams next year. And there's the draft, of course. But they have to get that offensive line right they Uh, you know, I thought they would have made one of these splash

offensive lineman signings, but not so far. Um. Speaking of pass rushers Jonnick and gok Way, He's on the move yet again, this time to the Las Vegas Raiders, Um, who signed him to it. See, this is the way it should be, Greg, We're talking about this yesterday. He got a two year, six million dollar contract. That's it. It's fully guaranteed. That's how many years he signed for. That's how much money he's gonna make. Why can't that just be the standard? Why do we have to Is

it because of the salary cap? And you have to have ways to be wiggly around the salary cap? Okay, it's salary cap is an important thing. But at the same time, I'm getting you want to tell Mark you're sick of? What are you sick of again? Already? Oh? The Saints quarterback? Back? Long list of things I have to tell you. I mean, where we're at with money. What was the new one? You have the guaranteed trigger or whatever virtual guarantees or someone someone tried to break

out practical practically guarantees. Why do we get into sports to employ this. I don't want to work in an accounting from I have no idea, Like I I it's a total blind Now. I love Mike Mayock and I love Jon Gruden, and I want them to go nineteen and because Jannaway signed for two years and million dollars and I know exactly what that means. Yeah, when you put the extra years, then you can just like spread

it out and spend more this year. I know we were going to talk their center they cut later, but I do think it's kind of connected. You know, they

cut they cut Rodney Hudson. You know, one of the best centers ten years, one of the best free agent signings I think of the last ten years by the Raiders, just thirty one years old, still playing at a high level of according to everyone that I try that he's still a top ten center at the very least, and you cut him sort of to make room for Ngockway, who was a little bit of a bust last year. You know, we kind of saw him as a free agent. Last year he was on two different teams, the Vikings

and the Ravens. Didn't really work, you know, he only played twenty snaps a game in the playoffs for the Ravens. So I don't I don't know. I feel like a year ago he would have gotten Carl Lawson money. And now you see where he is, you know, so maybe he's his market is cooled a little bit. Or with one of his old coaches we should point out with Gus Bradley, who was with him in Jacksonville, so that

that part of it makes sense. But Derek Carr always had this great offensive line, and now they just traded Trent Brown, they lost Rodney Hudson. They supposedly we're cutting Gabe Jackson, but they actually haven't done it, and so some people are thinking maybe they're actually keeping him. Has

gone right? Will the Raiders swing a trade for Russell Wilson, who's annoyed because in Seattle the offensive line has issues, so why would you go to Las Vegas or Okay, that kind of a deal where you have one offensive lineman from last year cemented into the lineup feels a tad shaky um I would love to see, Uh Joe Douglas pounce on Rodney Hudson. They missed out on Corey Linsley. Uh he according to I'm not sure who to sight here, but he's allowed three sacks across almost pass blocking snaps

over the last six seasons. Uh, that that'll play solid. Hudson is on the open market, and uh, the Raiders have to eat a lot of dead cap on that. So maybe there's more to that story. I don't know, but that's weird. No one wanted to trade f him. It was a confusing he wanted out to I mean, he was partially his request. So Cars lost four out of his five offensive lineman and his number one receiver. You know they I know they drafted Henry Ruggs, um,

but Agilar was their number one receiver. It has turned into I've noticed on Twitter Mayock hit season. Uh, people are like starting to grumble about the free agents and the draft picks they brought in, to which I would mostly say it's Gruden. But either way, they're a pack together. So if let's say and I don't, I don't root against us. Not that we were close with the man, but he was a colleague in one sense, he used

to work in NFL network. If the Raiders, if let's say this season really goes sideways and they go four and twelve and he's out the door, does he just does he get to slide? I'd back in and be like the draft expert after he spent four years putting the Raiders underground. I mean, I guess I believe so. But I so you're saying that Jeremiah is going to pull a power play and try to stop that from happening.

Is that what you're saying? There's nothing that I wouldn't put past Daniel Jeremiah, who's got you know, he's got that the smile and the boyish charm and the wholesome sense of humor. But that man is a scorpion. He helps set up ma act for that job. I think you know he was pushing some levers behind the scenes. The Jaguars keep on spending money. They signed cornerback Shaquille Griffin formally of the Seahawks three years, forty four and

a half million, twenty nine guaranteed. So what does that mean? It's really a two year, twenty nine million dollar deal. Can we decode this? Is that? What it means more or less anyway. Uh, so the Jaguars have all this cap space. Also, I'm gonna blow this one. They also signed defensive tackle Tyson Halloa hall Wa Yeah. Uh, formerly of the Steelers, two years, six million dollars. He's a veteran. Uh adds a little depth and gives him another player

on their team. They've also signed um Chris man Hurts. I am Chris man Hurts, the tight end formerly of the Panthers. The two year, seven point to five million dollar deal. Uh, they're busy. Gihad Ward, gihad Ward, gihad Ward. It's a good name. I mean yeah, if your name Man Hurt, you better become a football player. I'm glad you brought up the Jaguars because I just wanted to point out they have signed, according to our tracker, twelve players. How about that twelve players so far. So Yeah, the

Patriots are get all this attention. That makes sense because all the Jaggars players are mostly like Dwayne smoot In, Philip Dorsett and Jamal Ague and and jihad Ward, Like man Hurts says, but you know, they're kind of shopping at the bottom of the market here. But Urban Meyer is going wild them this for twelve twelve players. That's

a lot of players. There's also Warren Sharp pointed out that the Jaguar since two thousand eleven lead the league by a lot, having spent one point four billion dollars in free agency for what one player. For breaking news, more Man hurts this from Rap she the Jaguars. The Jaguars are expected to sign Lion's wide receiver Marvin Jones. The source said, I've always been a Mary from Jones fan, and he's a very good player and has had good

years in Cincinnati and then Detroit. Nice signing, especially when you have an incoming quarterback um that everyone's in love with. Give him a nice, solid veteran option. So that's I like that sign. Yeah, he's uh, he's like a number two or three at this point of his career, but that you need one of those solid guy to add

to the mix. I don't mind the receiver group. I think if urban Meyer is who he says he is and he's got Trevor Lawrence, I already think you've got enough around Lauren, A decent offensive line, kind of an underrated offensive line. They played pretty well last year. I mean, if Gardner Minshew can put up stats and the expectations should be that Lawrence does DJ Shark I love him, and you've got a great running back and James Robinson.

Their offense is you know, they could be spicy quickly. Uh. The New York Giants get a deal done with Leonard Williams, a three or sixty three million dollar contract. Forty five of that is guaranteed. Um. So that is big time money for Leonard Williams, who the light finally went on in a big way in twenty and he was a star on New York's defensive line and now he's getting paid. Yeah. I think Gettleman deserves uh some apologies because he's still

getting bangs for this Leonard Williams trade. I see, like nastional guy and Giants fans being like, you know, they're still like moaning about this Leonard Williams trade. And then I was like, what more at There has to be a level of play you hit that that shuts you up about that. He was one of the best guys at his position, said the gentleman was right, it was great.

And I think probably just like these national people who are the name names, because I'm curious what they could be actually banging out about if they if they watch the games basically like, hey, you shouldn't have given up the second round pick and you have the franchise tag him in like the process was bad. It's like, okay, but he got unlocked in in that defense. He was certain guys certain and our podcast is not innocent of this.

Certain guys attract detractors. They attract attract um and people have it out for Getleman and I have I have been killing him for years, but so they won't even give him one W. I'm gonna give him a W. But he's gonna if if Daniel Jones can't play the guitar this year, it ain't gonna matter because he'll be Leonard Williams is like item number five. I think the people are annoyed with about Dave Gedtlman. Uh. The Titans, they are taking another swing at fixing their pass rush issue.

They signed Bud Dupree, formerly of the Steelers, to a multi year deal. Um, so you imagine he's gonna get paid. I don't see the exact figures here yet. Maybe they're out very where like it was forty five in the first three years. Another very similar contract to Matt jude On with million guarantees and Lawson and Hendricks and they're they're all on the same ballpark. So there you go. And and and famously uh John Robinson, Big Swings and mss on, Jadavian Clowney and uh Vic Beasley last year.

Hopefully Dupree can do that. And Greg, you had mentioned speaking of Clowney that on your UM free agency one on one. I believe you said there's only one out of the top ten guys left and it's Clowney. Ten edge rushers. Okay, I was gonna say, how does Clowney still even as people disappear? How was he getting into the top ten of anything at this point? But edge rushers, I'll give you that. Talk about guys, people will have

an axe to grind him. I still know this is the year ago get him, This is the year to go. Because Mark, you're right that you point that out. I've always been, you know, keep an eye on this Clowney stuff. People always going nuts about him. Let's keep a track of what he actually does for a team. And I was right about that one. I'm not right a lot, it was right that time. So I guess I'm more vocal about it as a result. That's you with Drabsky.

I think it's only natural it is. I think Dniko Autrey though, a you're taking him away from the cults. He just solid like that dude, just like like they got him for not a lot of money, Like I love that because the Titans defense needed help, and like you're taking it away from a division opponent. Yummy. They also cut Dorry Jackson, so that was a surprise. He was injured and streaky, but when he's been good, he's been really good and so America. I'm sorry. I wasna

is on fire right now. Finish your point, though, Greg. He is one of three guys who's been added to the top hundred list just in the last morning. Kareem Jackson at the bottom he was let go by Denver, and then Hudson and Dori Jackson are in the top forty, Hudson's in the top twenty and Travisky still one oh one right, still won one. Yeah, I love it. I love it. Hey hit me, hit me again with the breaking news. I wanted fresh, I want it right off the hot off the presses. Yeah, this was a little

on the borderline, but quarterbacks are fund. Tyrod Taylor reaches an agreement on a one year deal worth up to twelve point five million with the Houston Texans, according to schafter So and by the way, Erica tamp Possey. You know Erica, it does excellent work for us. She's all over right now. I'm getting these little pings in my who I won't say the name of the chat agent. Uh. And we are on top of everything because of our producer, and I love her for it. She does a great job.

I have to tell you something if you go again, It's that a f C free agency fits piece that I wrote at this point, about eight hundred days ago, I had Tyrod to the Texans. I think they said, this isn't spicy enough. I said, I'm about accuracy. This will happen, and I have nailed another one. They said that I'm just creating a day. I think in general it was like, this isn't you know, it's not gonna make the little image that they tweet out, like Tyrod to the Texans, But this is the ground work to

move to sean out the building. The off season of Tyrod Taylor is a veteran starter. We can believe in. Well, I guess he becomes the insurance policy here, right if if if they do. Maybe this is like in an independence day when you see the the spaceships, you know, settling over the White House, settling over the Empire State building over the tower. It's funny. I live in l A and I don't know the name of that building in downtown l A. That it's settled over. Uh that

you know speaks to the upcoming huge blockbuster. Is Deshaun Watson gonna get moved in the next couple of days? Well, I wanna I want to explode off this earth. The phrase up too when it comes to country you you don't like these partial guarantees and all this stuff. Let's get rid of the up too. Well, yeah, I like it's like you can you can make up to all the money in the world. I guess that's possible, but I want to see what the actual terms are for this.

It's probably it's probably similar to Cam and Jamis. But that does indicate that was worth a breaking news because he's he's there likely week week one starter at this point. Well, it definitely drafts someone and he'll be replaced the first quarter of game two, right, because this is it's ultimately the fate of guys like Tyrod and Andy Dalton, where he is at this point in his career that you're too good to be on like a backup um on a good team apparently, that you're gonna be these these

bad teams and doing badly all right. Here here are the landmarks attacked in the initial alien strike in I D four. The White House and the Capitol Building got popped. Okay, um, Empire State Building in New York City, of course iconic. The U S Bank Tower is what it is in Los Angeles, lunch and there's our city. Had we were better at branding, like New York City, the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, you had the twin towers. Now you've

got the Freedom Tower. The US Bank tower that doesn't quite we have is like the Santa Monica Pier. They should have just done that, because like downtown l A, maybe one of the lower, lower wattage downtowns of any big city around. And of course there was an attack on Area fifty one as well. Mark any any thoughts about Area fifty one you want to share, well, I feel like I guess it's is it is it one

alien species attacking another uh alien discovery research zone. I don't feels a little maybe a misfire, they got the wrong target. I feel like that would be like a mecca for you to get there if you could have a couple of years ago. Wasn't there a plan to to rate it? An online petition or something that was being planned behind the scenes. There was a Anzo and I tried to get there ourselves when we did that

road trip and we were totally unsuccessful. Well, there there has been some talk and it might be tough to get the schedules all the work out. But behind the scenes, our friend Colleen Wolf has suggested, um this area somewhere in California that has some sort of alien life form connection that we were thinking take do a podcast from there, take it on the road, and josh and I think somewhere around is it in Joshua treat Okay, Well, we should keep it quiet, but it'll be a surprise episode.

But I think we need to make this happen. I like that, like we're basically doing stunt locations that that to reduce the listenership. I'm into it. The rams are keeping Leonard. I wonder if Deshaun Watson is gonna get traded soon, that's I think it's gonna happen, all right. Leonard Floyd is staying with the Rams four years, sixty four million dollars. I don't know what's guaranteed. There were practically guaranteed. We're up to but he had uh ten and a half sacks last season playing on a one

year deal, and I guess, I don't know. I guess once you hit double digit sacks, you become a total jim and that leads to getting paid in a massive way. This is the one where I want to see the details. I haven't on it, um, but the Giants were in on him pretty aggressively. Supposedly that really drove the price up. Shows you how much they love Leonard Floyd because they really valued him ultimately, over over John Johnson or over

some other people they've had to this offseason. And finally eight o'clock de light the Denver Broncos edition perk up Broncos fans. Von Miller sticking around his legal problems didn't amount to anything, no charges. Uh So, with that hurdle no longer in front of the team, the Broncos exercised the seven million guarantee option on his eighteen million salary in one. Von Miller missed all of last year with an ankle um foot injury. Uh. And you know, Greg

Is he's still the same guy anymore. Who knows. This was a little bit of a sentimental pick I think by the Broncos. Nothing wrong with that, but he is. He is one of the highest paid defensive players in leagues still. Broncos also signed cornerback Ronald Darby, formerly of the Washington Football Team, three years, thirty nineteen and a half million in guarantees. Dick fag, you all gonna be tooling it up with Ronald Darby. I like Ronald Derby, but I I like that they signed Shelby Harris More.

I think he's someone that stood out alone. He's smart because you didn't really have anything to say on Ronald Ronald. He's been injured and he's been on the one who one like four straight years Darby, so that's I don't know if that's a good thing. He kind of got paid three years, twenty seven million dollars. Uh. He played on a one year deal la lst year, so they keep him around and Uh, you know, good good for

the Broncos who are looking to get saucy. Still have a bit of a quarterback probably if you asked me. But speaking of things that you bang on, because you're right about Truelock is still a guy. Well our guy. James Palmer though, was staying on NFL Network before this show that they are interested in bringing in competition. I don't know if it's gonna be maybe maybe that was the time. That's why. That's why I thought maybe that

the Dalton thing was happening there a little bit. That's someone that they can come in to push him a little. He's inconsistent. General George Patton, the GM says, I like the idea Travisky there. Oh my god, forget see what this kind of. I'm happy for running Fitzpatrick because he's getting that job of watching. I really wanted him at Denver. That felt like it would have been nice and he would have had it oun of weapons, but uh, you know whatever. Anyway, the Denver Broncos got your own five

five o'clock to lay at. We's still the music is still going. If you have anything else, they add on the Denver Broncos, this is the time, not feel good personally, alright, Erica just cut the music out? Well not not not a shining moment for Denver. I feel like, oh, it's called five o'clock delight or eight o'clock delight? What is it I call it? You called the five o'clock it's eight o'clock delight. Well it was afternoon delight. Was like a song back in the day, right, all right, good stuff,

good stuff. Tomorrow is the official start of the league year. Who's still out there? Who Kenny Golladay? That's Curtis Samuel Juju Smith Houston Samuel Juju, Chris Carson, Chris Carson. Patriots have enquired about Chris Carson apparently, let's see these Odell tweets that Mark's talking about. If you're right, I think I think trades are what we could hope. Trent Williams and you know, the number one players still hasn't signed. People kind of think he's going back to San Francisco,

but hasn't happened yet. Uh. I think trade Tomorrow would be the day for trades because it's the day that you have to get your salary cap officially in order all the voodoo that the Rams theoretically still need to do. For instance, that you have to have it done by tomorrow at four pm. So if there's gonna be some trades with O'Dell or whoever, tomorrow is the day to

do it. So the tweet was as Mark said, it just happened when we started Second Act, and then a follow up tweet God period, thank you for clarity, which could mean one of a billion life scenarios. So I'm not going to overreact to it. But second Act, to Greg's point, is inaccurate either if unless it's a New York team, because that would be a third act, so holding off on the panic button. Also, if they trade him, I'm not going to panic. Let there's too many other things.

I mean, he panicking over it could just mean like his local dispensary got like a new shipment or something. Who really knows exactly fun new strain. Uh yeah, how's everything else? Guys? I literally don't want to stop the podcast because then I got to go back into my house. So I know, I hear you continue on packing, but you said you were going to apologize to Emily about

your spack. Now, I just think if you said it here on the show, you know she listens to every You're gonna you don't need to have a one on one apology. We've done probably about shows. My wife is yet to listen to an episode, so I wish I could say that same. Meanwhile, the entire Sessler family has like a five o'clock evening day every Friday, so it's like, gather around, young Sesslers. We're gonna watch three hours of our week seventeen show from two thousand and sixteen. Daddy

made a great point. They've seen a lot of content. Daddy. Why do you always wear that shirt? Why are you nice on this show? Hey? Mark? And again, as I said on text, and now I'll say it here, Um, I'll take those boys off your hands once I get settled and you and Simone you have a nice little night together. Well, I mean I'll take you up on it.

I mean I think that ours offer some organizational challenges that would be new to you and uh, challenging interesting, So but yes, I'll just drop them off without unnotice. Years are years are older. I mean, going from two to four is is? Um is problematic no matter what. But if I'm if I'm judging the degree of difficulty, uh, Mark, Mark taking on the young hands Ie, it's gonna be

even harder because they're younger. Yea, the hands actually, well, they were compliant though, Like I'm what I'm learning is that get to an age now where they're not willing to they're not their their choices, not first to listen to what you're asking them to do. Well, all right, I guess I should go. All right, Eric, is there anything new with you? Okay? Cool? We want to take some phone calls or oh that's bad for Dan. That's it,

all right, kid, that's it. Dan has a signing off for Rocky Hollywood and jump in any time here if anybody's on to say, uh, the Quiet Storm and the Old Boss until tomorrow. Eat the call. Six