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This is similar to opening Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve. That's what yesterday was. This weekend was like today is Christmas. This is when the news is supposed to break. Noon Eastern is when they can kind of make this all official. We got Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day. Hey,

I'm not complaining. There's some big news, big news items yesterday, the Miles Garrett staying with Cleveland, Geno Smith going to the Raiders, and I think we're looking at all these scenarios and you go, why we knew DK Metcalf wanted out, but you're going to go to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh doesn't even know who their quarterback is, or they might know, we don't know yet. And we brought this up a couple of weeks ago, Aaron Rodgers to the Steelers that possibility.

It's at least in the exploratory stage from what I'm told that they haven't ruled it out. And then I saw where what's Russell Wilson going to do? What's Justin Field's going to do? And then I saw a report maybe Justin Fields to the Jets hasn't this young man suffered enough they shouldn't do that to him. But you might be the starting quarterback. It's wild. It's like Seattle. They said, yeah, we'll trade Geno Smith. Okay, Well, Seattle

must know what they're doing. If they just traded Geno Smith and they've gotten rid of Tyler Lockett or they're going to lose him and then DK Metcalf as well. And this is a team that won ten games last year and you're going to trade Gino too, Pete Carroll and the Raiders. And does that preclude them from maybe going after Shador Sanders. Now I was told it wouldn't that they could still see them drafting a court. Now, are you going to draft a quarterback in the top ten?

That's a little bit different if you're going to go out and get Geno Smith. But Tom Brady's influence has already had an impact there. Josh Allen gets an extension, and if this helps them with salary cap relief, pushes the contract down the road, you're eventually going to have to pay him again. Do you get ahead of the market, which you know there's some teams that do and some teams that don't. Dallas Cowboys don't and it costs them all the time. It's going to cost them with Michael Parsons.

And Michael Parsons probably had a I'm going to guess a celebration yesterday. I would have because all of a sudden, he looks at what Miles Garrett got to stay in Cleveland, and Michael Parsons is going to be asking for something that begins with a four and not a three. Jamar Chase probably had a really good day yesterday as well. He didn't do anything, but the Browns have said they're going to make him the highest paid non quarterback. Why they said this, I don't know why they have not

done this, I don't know. But it's going to cost you. If the guy is great, then pay him. That's it. Okay, there's a band aid and it might hurt a little bit, but boy down the road, I'd rather have a band aid than need stitches. And that's what's happening with the Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys. Is Jamar Chase as much of a sure thing in the NFL and the entries? Yes, this is exactly what you wanted out of a player that you drafted that high to be great. Now pay

him pay that to me on his money. And then with Michael Parsons, pay him. Remember when TJ. Watt getting thirty million, We're like, man, what is going on in the NFL that it seems like the old days? It wasn't that long ago. And then Miles Garrett, Okay, I know a little more about this than I'm allowed to talk about. But Miles Garrett, you know, talking about staying in Cleveland. Uh didn't want to stay in Cleveland.

requested to be traded from the Cleveland Browns. O WHOA, Okay this and once again I got to be careful in what I'm going to tell you. That spent twenty minutes with somebody yesterday and because I was like, boy, that was a big turnaround. Well, Cleveland wasn't fielding trade offers or they didn't get blown away by anybody. And I think what happened is Miles Garrett's representatives probably said, hey,

they're not going to trade you. I mean, you can't be the GM who signs Deshaun Watson and then trades away Miles Garrett. Like that's not good on your resume. I think Cleveland was pretty steadfast. They were not going to trade him. They said they weren't going to trade him, and we thought, well, they have to trade him. I think what happened is it was basically, okay, what can we pay you so you want to stay here? And it got to forty million dollars. I think that's really

what's happening here. Miles Garrett wanted to go someplace out they didn't get blown away by a deal, and then therefore he had to basically say, Okay, I'm going to stay, but what are you going to pay me? Because I think he also said, hey, this isn't about being the highest paid player in the league, which I didn't buy even if he went to someplace else. But I think

that's what happened in Cleveland. I once again, I got to be careful in what I'm saying, because I got information yesterday that there's more to the story that I'm not allowed to tell you about. I have to wait and let the process kind of play out here.

non quarterback in the league. So he can say face as well, you know, because we'll eventually move on from this, you know. Right now, It's like, oh, yeah, great, you said you were gonna you wanted to be with a contender, somebody could compete for Super Bowl. Cleveland's roster hasn't really changed that much. That's what I was told that Miles did want to leave, They were not going to trade him. They were not blown away. And then I think both parties,

how do we make this work moving forward? And that's how he ended up at forty million dollars. But Gino Smith's situation, I like it for the Raiders because now you have somebody who can play quarterback and you're in a division that is the most competitive division in football. Now you've got to at least every Sunday know that your quarterback gives you a chance. And maybe Geno Smith is a B level quarterback, but that's okay. You got Rock Bowers, you got Max Crosby, you got a chance

in the draft to get somebody. I'm told that they're going to get Ashton Genty. I was told that yesterday. Now once again I can tell you things that are you know what are we five weeks out from the draft, a month out from the draft. Things will change. But I'm trying to understand the philosophy of I don't know what Seattle's doing because that's a clearance sale and are you going to go get Sam Darnald So you get

a younger quarterback, doesn't mean he's a better quarterback. In fact, I would probably still I would take Geno Smith over Sam Donald, especially the way Seattle plays. You know, it's a ball control, grinded out, makes you know a couple of plays, and Gino has played well, But the Raiders got a quarterback that they can count on and they haven't had that for a little while. As for Seattle, I'm not sure if is this a rebuild or reload. That front office has always been great. They find talent

and that's a division you can win. That's what surprised me. They could have just stayed with what they had there. Now DK Metcalf, I've said before he should be a whole lot better. Every time I see him, I see des Bryant without the resume, and maybe this helps him. But I can't imagine George Pickens and DK Metcalf being happy with, Hey, you got four targets today. How about our running game? Like now, if you get Aaron Rodgers, okay, then I could see where that would be a little

more interesting. I think the Rams had an unbelievable because you're going to get Cooper Cup's salary off the books and you bring in Davante Adams, And I always want to know how far out do you think the Rams go? You know, we're going to get rid of Cooper Cup. Who can we get Now you start going, okay, what are the Jets going to do with Davante? But that's when you make a phone call. These things don't happen in the span of you know, six hours, twelve hours.

I know there's the legal tampering, which I still find amazing that it's like jumbo shrimp. Wait, doesn't make sense, legal tampering. Why do we even call it legal tampering? But Davante Adams going there, Matthew Stafford's got to be thrilled. Soy, you got Davante Adams and pukin Nakua, you got a good running game, you got our young defense. You know, you get Matthew Stafford back. They the Rams are in great shape, great shape, But there's teams that didn't do anything.

What are the Giants doing? What are the giants doing? Are you going all in to get Cam Warre because is Justin Fields gonna be Plan B?

in with the Steelers if that would happen? Kind of wild, kind of wild, yes, Don.

but it may be. Hey, you want to be the starting quarterback for the Giants for one year thirty million dollars or take your chances elsewhere? Yeah, pull.

hang on to, you can't trade that guy. So unless they were somebody came to them with, you know, we'll give you four number ones, which I don't think anybody was doing. Like, they just couldn't entertain anything. And if we take them at their word, and I think we can, because they were saying the same things to teams that they were saying to reporters, they were never trading him.

to win. I think part of what kept him in Cleveland, aside from the obvious the pile of money, is they sold to him on the idea that they have a plan to be back. Right, they were in the playoffs only a couple of years ago, Like, we're not you know, the roster is not completely barren. This is what we're going to do at quarterback, And I think as those things come to light, maybe the decision will make a

little bit more sense. I think he read the tea leaves, and his representatives read the tea leaves that they were never going to trade him. I mean, Jimmy Haslam wouldn't even meet with him, and basically said, like, you know, go deal with Andrew Berry. Don't try to come appealing to me for a trade. Go go talk to Andrew Berry. Uh. And I think they, you know, they came to the conclusion like, you're not getting traded unless you are willing to hold out and sacrifice, you know, a year's worth

of salary, because that's the only alternative. You need to come to grips with the fact that you're not getting traded, So make the best deal you can and try to figure out how you can be happy here.

love Geno Smith, He's definitely our quarterback. But I always thought John Schneider was a little bit more reserved, and it's I think it's a good move for Gino Smith. I think it's a fairly decent move for the Seahawks, presuming that they already know who their next quarterback is going to be. And it's hard for me to imagine that a GM as good as John Schneider with Trader starting quarterback without having a very very strong idea of

who the next guy is. So I assume that that domino will fall as soon as the window opens today.

a little bit. But that's what was surprising is you let your receivers go and it just felt like a tag sale. And I don't know, you know what that big grand plant? Is Sam Donald going to be the answer? They're that sure that Sam Donald is their guy?

know what Gino Smith is. Are you very very sure that Sam Donald is going to repeat the kind of success with your program that he had in an almost perfect situation with the Vikings right where he had just all world weapons, great coaching, he was protected. Well, so you got to be really sure that that's going to translate. We'll see. But again I hesitate to question John Schneider because they usually make the right motes at Seattle.

want to make a bad decision here. But you know, if if that falls through, what's the fallback plan for the Giants? You know, I don't know, you know, would they be in on Sam Donald? That's a different kind of thing, you know, Russell Wilson, that's a different kind of thing. I mean, you know, when the Aaron Rodgers thing started first bubbling up about the Giants connected to the Giants, I think a lot of Giants fans I live in New York, a lot of Giants fans walking

for this is great, no way, come on. But when you slow down and think about it, like there are not a ton of great options like for that kind of job, right now, like the veteran guy who's just the bridge guy. We're not talking about a veteran guy like Sam Donald that you're going to have for the next ten years. We're talking about a bridge to the next guy that presumably they're going to try to draft

this year. It's just there's not that many of them, and Aaron Rodgers is the best of the bunch, right. I mean, you would rather have Aaron Rodgers than Russell Wilson at this point, or Jamus way Stint or you know, Jimmy Garoppolo, like you know who else is out there. So we'll see. I am curious to see what the rest of the market would look like for Aaron Rodgers.

To me, it's amazing that they made the deal for the star wide receiver without having any quarterback under contract.

So I'm just trying to understand the financial responsibility sensibility with both of these programs. These franchises of they're great, pay them, don't wait to pay them.

to them twice. First of all, they should have done Jamar Chase last year. They were close. I believe they got hung up on guaranteed money, which now you're like, ah, I mean the market jumped so significantly, right. The Max Crosby deal made him the highest paid non quarterback, you know, by a little bit. Now the Miles Garrett makes them

by a lot. And the Bengals have said publicly that they're going to make Jamar Chase the highest paid non quarterbacks, so I mean they've got no wiggle room, and now that's going to be much more expensive. Same thing for Trey Hendrickson if they have any thoughts of being able to keep him. Well, the market for pass rushers just took that big leap too with Miles Garrett, so that's double trouble for them. And then of course the Michael Carson's thing, which is, again, why why do these teams wait?

I don't know, but they're going to pay much much more than they would have if they had just been proactive and gotten it done early. You always, if you're the team, you want to be the first, right if you're the player, you want to be the last, because you want to top the market. From the team point.

a stud, right, the MVP. Where would that franchise be without him? Yeah, they were proactive. Let's make him happy, keep him happy, like anything, anything to make him happy.

receiving market. But Michael Parsons, you know, he's great, Pay him, pay him, and because down the road these other guys are going to get paid as well.

ruled out the Cleveland Browns. I think he wanted to go to Atlanta, but he ruled them out, and then they said, what if we give you two hundred and thirty million dollars guaranteed? All of a sudden, he wants to go to the Cleveland Browns. Miles Garrett is going to go from Cleveland to Canton to the Hall of Fame. Do I think that he wanted to play meaningful games? Yes? I do. Now you go back, but this is you weren't a good team last year with him. I think

that they should have still. Now you don't want to give him away, but you have to be open, and I just think that that's it's being irresponsible as a GM to not to at least listen. Now you might say, no, we told him we weren't trading him. That's how much he means to us. Okay, you don't mean as much to him as he means to you because he wanted to leave. But I get that that you're going to be loyal. We can't. You don't want to be the GM who signed to Shan Watson and traded Miles Garrett.

I understand that, but you'll owe it to your franchise, your fan base to at least explore. And the teams that are going to be interested in trading for him. Could be Philadelphia, could have been Washington, could be Detroit. These are all good teams. They may give you three first round picks. I think they were looking maybe for four. Were you're going to get a herschel Walker deal. I don't think so. So now what do you do? You got Miles Garrett? Great? Now what Nick Chubb's not going

to be there? Who's your quarterback? Jamis Winston wide receiver?

trading him and then not Field calls. What happens if somebody says we'll give you and then you go oh, Like there could be one of those moments there. You could even say to Miles Garrett, hey, we tried. We just didn't get an offer that we thought was commensurate to your talent. You're going to be a Hall of Famer. We would hate to give you up, but only if it helps our franchise moving, you know, in the next decade, like in the right direction. And they didn't get that opportunity.

A lot of times we overestimate what somebody's going to bring in return. Where you go, oh, they traded this guy and they got a fifth round draft pick. Wow, well they gave up that guy. They got a fourth round draft pick in twenty twenty eight, Like you just a lot of it is take them. They cost too much money and we want something in return. And I think that's what happens a lot of times. DeVante Adams going to the Rams, I think is a great move.

Great move Seattle. I don't know what they're doing, but I'll give that front office the benefit of the doubt. They make good decisions. Do I want Gino Smith? No? But will I take him over the other quarterbacks that I have. Yes, he is an older quarterback, above average quarterback, but he gives us a little more stability. Are they still going to draft a quarterback? Are they going to draft Ashton Genty? That's what I was told over the weekend. And is this a Tom Brady call? Like? How much

did Pete Carroll weigh in with Tom? I'm going to guess a lot to say, let's bring in Geno. I can bring out the best in him. And if you're Tom, you probably are going we got to find a franchise quarterback here like this, This is basically a two year situation for us and also the coaches that have to win now. Now. Pete Carroll, at his age, wants to win now. Now he's joining a team that's not very good.

I don't know if he looks at this and says, let's develop a quarterback over the next couple of years. I mean, Pete is the oldest coach in the NFL. You also have the Giants situation. Do you want to bring in a rookie quarterback for a coaching staff that may not make it to the second half of the season. Do you want to bring in Aaron Rodgers, who does make you better, but only makes you better for a year, and that doesn't solve anything. I'd rather grow with this,

and we might not be a competitive team. Maybe we have a good draft pick next year. Aaron Rodgers can come in and all of a sudden, it's, you know, like putting ear rings on a pig. All right, still a pig. That's the situation here with the Giants, the Jets, what are they doing? What's their quarterbacking situation? The Steelers. You start to look at these teams and you go, okay, there's only so many quarterbacks to go around here, you know. Do the Jets go well, I don't know. Let's take

Justin Fields? Okay, what did the Giants do? You're going all in on cam Ward? Okay, good luck. What's Pittsburgh doing? You don't have a quarterback under contract? But he just brought in DK Metcalf Seattle Sam Donald? Like, what's plan B if you don't get Sam Darnald? What if the Colts say, you know what, we'd like to go after Sam Donald. We admit we made a mistake on Anthony Richardson. You got a team that can win and can win ten games? Now, do I think Sam Darnald is great? No?

Do I think he played great? Yes? At times he did. The question would be what's he costing me? Sam Donald? Sixty million dollars? No, Sam Donald forty five million? Okay, I can have a conversation here. But he's still under thirty? Is he still twenty seven? He's been twenty seven for about four years? Yes, Marvin, Yeah, I think he turned twenty eight. Oh, it's always I think he turns twenty nine in July. But well, Sam Darnold, he's twenty seven? Oh?

See you got a twenty four hour span where all of a sudden, they go, let's see if we dominated the headlines a little while. No, we haven't, Commissioner, all right, we will today, Ben eight seven seven three DP Show email address dpat Danpatrick dot com, Twitter, Hindle at DP show. So we got our poll question, we'll give you our pasting work. So the weekend, Lebron got injured and I'm playing against the Celtics and Paulie. When we came in today,

Pauli goes, Lebron's injured groin is a good thing. I said, Okay, save it. I said, don't even tell me what you're thinking until the show, so I can react in real time. Here you go, Paulie, Lebron's groin injury is good for Lebron? Question Martin.

a real groin injury. I think he had like a spring knee or something the year of the bubble and he missed like six or seven games and April or late March.

you're not buying it. I love it, Well, I don't want it, but I like the byproduct of it.

how's this effect you're seating That's really important? But also getting on a roll with Luca and I know you don't want to peak too soon, and it felt like, boy, this team is now championship caliber, which I do think they are, but I think they are when they play defense. I know it's a caveat an asterisk, but I have to put that in there healthy playing defense and defense comes down to do you want to play defense? They are all athletes, great athletes. Do you want to play defense?

Can JJ get them to play defense? And if he can with the firepower, then they're going to be a tough out. They can compete for a championship. But I think getting on that role, getting comfortable with the roles that you have, new roles that you have for some of these players. You know that to me can be that you know, we lost the opportunity when Lebron got hurt, that can we improve? What's our matchup going to be in the playoffs? Who fits us better than some of

these other teams? You might have a dangerous team at seven or eight that you run into that you can avoid.

he's not bothered by it. Van Pelt interviewed him and basically this never happened in the history of the NBA, and he's like, yeah, well, I'm just glad we won the first thirty twenty twenty in NBA history. With ten minutes to go in the third quarter, Joker had already recorded a triple double. From that point on, he had eighteen, eleven and twelve, so he had two triple doubles in the same game. He had a triple double in a quarter and a half.

enough to know that. You know, I saw Hi when Carl Malone won and when Charles Barkley won, and you could not convince me they were better than Michael Jordan, are more valuable, but it was their turn, it was their time, and that's SGA. And I do think that there's a ground swell with the analyst former players who won SGA to win for whatever reason. You know, Oklahoma City is having a great year. Well, has anybody brought up Donovan Mitchell is an MVP candidate? No, yeah, why not?