Player's Lounge: What's Wrong With the Defense?

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tell people go to CBS dot com. You can pull it up right there and just watch the show immediately. And you know, oh, by the way, go back if you miss any of them. So let's talk about these Dallas Cowboys. They get ready to face the Atlanta Falcons. This is Dan Quinn's old team. Dude. Quinn said a lot of nice things, like, hey, time to go down memory lane here, Matt Ryan has put together a nice season. And I say nice season because I didn't think it

would be a good football team. Losing Julio Jones, dan Quinn's gone, you're bringing in a new coach. I didn't. I wasn't a fan of what I thought they had the running backs in terms of like, hey, how are you gonna depend on Mike Daves. So I just thought they had a lot of holes. I didn't think they would be I thought we were talking about a team they may win four games. Well, they've already won four games, Yes, and at the halfway point, so they have hung in there.

And so Vegas says, the Cowboys are nine point favorite in the football game. And I'm just looking at this saying, you know what, No. No. Last week should show you when they had the Cowboys is nine point favorite. This is the National Football League. They get paid to. They don't want to get embarrassed. They're going to face their old coach. And let us not forget the last time the Falcons were here Watermelon how that basically led to the demise of dan Quinn getting fired. Big league good

game by Mannie Ice. They blow it on sidekick. Falcons just basically sit there watch the watermelon kicks spin around, Nobody jumps on it. Cowboys get it and they go win the football game that they ship probably should not go. What so are you saying that, uh, you know, you would be more nervous if we have a lead in the game at the end of the game versus it being a close game that you know, based on how the dan Quinn teams have been have been playing once

they have a lead all Super Bowl last year. Yeah, us against dan Quinn's defense, um like which which which one would you rather see at the end of the game. I think last week was a great indicator of the offense really has to do their part. They need to play with lead. It helps your defense. Um, coming into the season, I thought that you predicted the top ten defense. I did not predict the top ten defense. I feel like this this defense is helped by the offense from

the scoring the offense does. Before this game, the Cowboys averaging thirty five points a game at home over the last almost the last year. So if you put thirty five, that puts pressure on the other team. If you're putting up thirty five points, you're you're pretty much winning the time of possession, which means you keep your defense off the field. I don't think there's defenses at that point in time yet that they can't have a little bit of help. They need to have more help. I thought

they did a great job in Minnesota and charges um. Yes, and you know, third downs they won all day like crazy. They did not win the Cowboys different did not win the third downs at all against Denver. So and I also go back and think about how the offense didn't do their parts in a couple of fourth down situations. You put your defense out. I mean, there's this offense

has to do its part, it has to help the defense. Well, I will say this though they do, but this was probably one of the worst offensive performances that you could put together, all right, So they do have to do their part, which is score some points. I don't think they have to score thirty five for our defense to be able to be productive as they have been in the past. But you gotta do you gotta be able

to do something. We've seen that sixteen seventeen points. Just being able to control the ball a little bit and not continuously putting them out their drive at the drive with no points on the board and saying, hey, you need to go stop them from scoring or we're going

to be in trouble. I think that'll help. But I don't think they need to score thirty five for us to be able to be productive moving forward throughout the season, because we've been able to turn the ball over, we've been good on third down, we've been a bend, but don't break. We've had some people miss some field goals against us. So thirty five, I'll say somewhere between twenty

twenty twenty four will be will be really good for us. Okaya, stay there, because here comes my thought in terms of just what we've seen with the Cowboys and just perception. Cowboys should up here, go on one of these seventy five yard drives and they're hitting. Then that tells the other team, Okay, look there there they're gon here CD lamb catch and here here here's Coop catching some up. Now, now here's here's Zeke. Now they rolled out here, adult

shelter me. You start seeing that, and you just see how Dak's moving around operating. You're the other team. Okay, we gotta we gotta respond, we gotta come back. We we can't let them get rolling. So just that mentality which they never got to against Denver outside of the first ride where they tried to go down there and go for it and then it failed. You know, those first those first two drives, I thought the Cowboys had

something to go and they just couldn't finish it. Then when Carthie's decided, no, we're not gonna kick a field goal, we're gonna and Denver took it person. So then they got roll. They helped them kind of get rolled. I just think for them against the Atlanta Falcons. What I'd like to see is get back here, try to put some offensive pressure on they're letting. You know, that makes some Mattie Ice and company. Okay, we gotta respond. Um, we got we gotta we gotta get Cordell Pas and Roller.

We've got to go out and do our thing. I also think of this, and as if I'm a defender, I'll ask you this, and you played the league. If you're a defender, how much do you want this game for dan Quinn? Yeah? I mean if they love DQ like I'm loving DQ, then all you want is this win.

This is one that you circle, right because you know dan Quinn's not gonna go out there until his team, Hey, this one means more to me than the rest of them, right, But they'll be able to tell as he's giving his speeches and as he's going through the film session and he's explaining, Hey, I know what these guys do best and what they don't do as well. Yeah, they're picking up on that. So they want to go win it for their coach. And I think that's how that is

how you know you have good coaches. People probably want to go out there and play good for Kelly Moore, the entire team at this point, I believe wants to go out and get this win for dan Quinn, which shows you how respected he is throughout the locker room.

I remember Risk Besacha, He's that same kind of guy Joe Decamilla, the same kind of guy where if you win and you played a former team of there's where they felt like they got done wrong and they felt like they got fired and they shouldn't have, then yeah, we got a little bit more fire under us to make sure that we go out there and get that win for them. Okay, And I'm glad you are, because that was my feeling, is it. Hey, look, you're gonna want to go out here and get this thing for DQ.

This is gonna be a game you want to win, and you don't want two losses in a row at home, and you played so badly last week. So so there's a lot of things I think that are going in favor of the Cowboys to get a win. But I just cautioned fans to not to get in the thought process like we got into last week when we made our own picks. Uh, anybody to come up here. Everybody wiped them for off the Dee and that just you know, we could forget guess what doesn't happen the National Football League?

And it was that way that Sunday wasn't just the Cowboys, man, it was other teams that are good football teams taking else And you just look at the Atlanta Falcons who went into the Superdome in New Orleans and got a w Yep, so I mean Trevis sim but it's cool. Yeah, but but they won the game. They won a game. They've been rolling. Maddie Ice has been playing well. Cardaro Pass,

oh my goodness, the guy. We talked about it when you so in the league, right there are a players who hit their first team and then they just blossom right there. They are exactly what you expected them to be. Then they're players who kind of slowly move along. They might go from team to team before they're finding their home and they yeah, and then they get a coach or staff or a system that fits them. Patterson is

that guy. Sure he's been all around, he's been kickoff, return of the running back, receiver, and now he's doing all of that with Atlanta, and he's doing it all at a very high level. No longer can be called an X factor. He is a player in the league that you have to play in scheme for pretty much on all phases, right, all phases of the offense. I look at him and I think of what Devin Hester could have been more of if people were willing to

use him in that fashion. About played with Devin Hester. Yeah, no, no, I didn't play. I played against him. He wasn't there when I was. He was already gone when I got there. But I played against them many times, and it was it was that though, like because you the defensive coaches had to play for him, and then we also had to see him again when I went into the special teams,

so you were getting ready for this guy. They have this this this unreal type of ability to be elusive and break tackles and see holes in a different way because that's just that talent that was given to them. Yeah, he's an offensive pressure player, the same way I think of Michael Parsons as a defensive pressure player. One of the biggest misconceptions, and I blame myself for this, journing the draft process. I just thought he's linebacker. He's not alive.

He's pressure player, because what was Dame, what was Lawrence Taylor, he was a pressure player. Linebacker just doesn't do justice to what that guy did on the field. And I feel like with Michael Parsons, doesn't do justice Junior sayout, So there's another one. Just didn't do justice to all he brought you to the football field. Well I don't,

I don't listen. And as you look at the Hall of Fame ballot, sometimes I don't think that's even fair, right because de Marcus Ware is labeled as a what linebacker? What do you look at? DeMarcus Ware? Is pressure as pressuring, pressure, pleasure player. So I think I think the label as the game is as has gone to different directions and defensive coaches have been able to come up with different schemes in different ways to maximize the potential of certain players.

I think that the label has been kind of remove. De Marcus word to me is a pressure player. Game changers Russia for the most part. And one of the beauties for a guy like where is he has the statistics on his side of the sacks, top ten in NFL history in sacks, super Bowl winner. That's going to be a check mark for him, which gets him into Canton. The question is when right, this year's the first ballot, They're going to be several voters who do not consider

him a first ballot guy. It's just how it is. I'm sorry. People may not like that. Well, if he's a you know, why if he's good enough this time, why is he good I'm sorry, It's just how some people go. But it is just a matter of when for DeMarcus where. Also, what I have not done in terms of looking at his ballot yet is who else is there? Because some times there's this pecking arright, go back to about six seven years ago when they had this receiver log g in uh Andre Reid, Chris Carter,

Michael Irving, Tim Brown. It was this thing and I think Tim was the last one to get in, which was hard on him. Yeah, I mean what made that got so? So? I mean we saw Drew Pierson, we saw this. We saw this with Drew. So I don't know if there are any defensive players that may be on this ballot coming up that people look to say, Okay, this one needs to get in. Just miss the last time. All that kind of stuff does factor in in a class, and I don't know who else is up. The names

that I can remember. I was the top of my head because like I was, I was around playing against those guys were I think like Tequillo Spics is on there, Patrick Willis is on there is Uh. I'm not gonna say say I can't remember, but it's it's it's some like really true linebackers. As I saw Sean Leader today as a matter of fact, as he's coming here to review the film of the linebackers, and he did a

good job of differentiating what they were. Right. So DeMarcus where linebacker, he said, Michael Parsons is probably one of the best stack linebackers that he's seen play as far as be able to line up behind the defensive line and read the pulling guards or read the tackles. He's a stack linebacker who can also rush the passer, who can also blitz, but also is able to play that second level of the defense. So he's a stack linebacker.

De Marcus Where to me, in my eyes, is more of a rushing rushing type of linebacker and a guy that you have in three four years and a guy that you have on the outside here. So it's it's just a lot that goes in there. And I'd also there's gonna be five. There's basical gonna be five modern day players who get in into the hall issue. And what can hurt you at times is when you have the sure fire guy, for instance, spread fire Frett Farve

comes up. That's four spots because Farve's getting one. And then it's harder on defense of guys to get into. You're normally gonna get at least one in and sometimes two threes a lot. But it just comes that thing of just this whole who else is around you? You just want a lot of cowboy fans and look like, hey, look man, the guy was a Hall of Fame player.

Just put him in. I'd like to tell you it's that simple, but it's really a complicated process, and some of it's just unfair and some of it makes you want to pull your head out. But this is what it is. It's like trying to pass a build through Congress. It's a whole lot of stuff you gotta get to. Hey, something else I want to get to right here is what does this defense need to do to rebound this week?

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the survivor guy. You're that guy. This is true. Okay, so so um. By the way, Cowboys Falcons, this game is at Jerry World. No way am I calling this a must game. But this is a game you need to bounce back from. This is a game where this team, with what they've done and for seven weeks in a row, they won six games, all seven of those football games they were in until the final gun Tampa Bay. You lost basically right there at the end. This is the first time where you played a stinker. So how do

you how do you respond? This is the great test for them as a team. Uh, this is a great test for the coaches. I'm looking forward to So, Danny, in your opinion, how does this defense rebound from the third down extravaganza that basically the Denver Broncos had. They just kept converting converting. That's how you went in this league. And the fact that it'll by the way they ran

it down their throat. Listen, you're gonna you're gonna be upset with me for going off topic here because you brought up the Tampa Bay game, okay, and then you were like, we were just right in until the end. We lost. We missed a kick, extra point and the field goal four points. Yes, I send you a tweet yesterday. I'm just saying I couldn't go without Like, you know, somebody is on the COVID list. That guy, Yo Gregg

the legs of the COVID list man. So if you want to talk about close games and trying to figure out what you should do in the situations that Mike McCarthy decided not the kick field goals in last week, Now it gets a little bit more tricky. I didn't have any work. He didn't have any work last week. They didn't kick, they didn't kick an extra point. I'm saying now he's on the list. So now we now we have now we got a kicker issue, right, So I'm just you know, I just had to go there

because like, now, what do we do? Did we were bringing in my her, were bringing in more her and then the other guy they had on the practice squad for a minute, Chris. I can't pronounce his name, Chris Bean. How do you pronounce his name? I don't know. Okay, no one knows. But he's the kicker. He's the other kicker that was on the practice squad. So yeah, just saying, you know, the one game that we lost came down

to us. If they signed him, then you know, if he's coming up to actor brons, I'll have to go ahead, break down what's the pronunciation? Guy figured out? And hopefully they signed that. You should want no part to break her? I heard that, Actually what what really? No? Hey man, if Fossil knows what he's doing, Okay, he knows what he's doing, you know, especially with the kickers. But let's get back to okay, what what do what does the dan in defense need to do to rebound from that?

A horrible performance that was not helped out by the offense, but the horrible reforms we had specifically in the run game last week. We need to make sure that we secure the edges on the defense. It was too many runs.

I think he said we had six explosive runs. I'm not sure how many of those were outside, right, outside, left, but those were the ones that were evident where you were looking at and he said, hey, man, what is the end doing or if he's inside, and then what is the linebacker who's supposed to be getting over the top doing, Because each time they got to the outside it was ten twelve yard game and it just made

you look like you were getting gassed. Now, some of those were inside, but I think the main thing you need to do right now secure the edges for the run game and put some pressure on Matt Ryan because what we know about him is he does give you the opportunity to take the ball away from him sometimes, and we need to get back to getting those turnovers. It doesn't have to be tray vunds, it doesn't have to be super aggressive, but player coverage, read your responsibilities

and let Matt Ryan throw the ball to you. Played discipline, I think it would be okay. But if we don't stop the run, as we always say, if you do not stop the run, then the offense has options to do whatever they want. So the first thing we need to do is get that run defense tightened up. Dak Prescott had his worst game with the year. It was that of his career. He before you get to the last two touches of downs. I won't say his career.

I was. I was getting ready to head and I started to just say, no, no, make sure I'm fair. And I said, I don't know how much he was off because he hadn't played. I don't know how much he was off because maybe there were some issues with the cap. He said, no, but you played this game. You know a lot of guys aren't going to tell you what's going on wrong with him. We know AMRII Cooper down one hundred percent, but he's like, hey, I'm as good as I need to be. I'm gonna go

where I need to go. So I'm not gonna use that as an excuse. But last week, we know that's not the player we're used to seeing. So how did it mind me? What does he do this week? You're just trying to get back and see how he can. I can get back to being dack. No, no, this is why Dak doesn't get that excuse for me, okay, And I'm glad he accepted. Hey man, I didn't play well enough. But we also know that there were outside circumstances outside of the quarterback position, which is he was

getting rushed all day. There was pressure on Dac all day. The running game was there a little bit, but we had gotten behind and we had to play a different way. We had drops from the receivers, drop from drops from the running backs Tony Pollard, So I think that played into it. But we've seen Dak be able to go without the real game reps, which was the entire preseason. He did get some practice in, but he had pretty much gone over a year, almost almost a year without

playing in a game time getting game time reps. What did we see against Tampa One I think carved him up. Looked like he had missed a step. Okay. So I don't think that the bye week in the calf will make him look as bad as he did before. They started to try to score those two in the game touchdowns to get there two minute stuff in. So I think it was just a com nation of things. He

didn't play well. Offensive line did not play well. Defense was getting ran on, so they weren't getting the opportunities that they usually get. We weren't getting the turnovers, and we wasn't stopping them on third down and giving Dak more opportunities, and we for some reason we were like we're going three and out, so they couldn't even get into rhythm. So I think, like I said, I'm gonna

continue to say, I think it was that game. I think that game for the team as a whole was just an off bad game, not because of the bye week that Dak had, but just because it was he was just off. Okay, you and I are right there together and that I think it's just just an off week you're gonna have. You're not going to play sixteen or seventeen great games. It's just not how the National Football League works. Aaron Rodgers, we saw a game one

for him. Just doesn't work that way. Stafford Stafford, Mr. Like car like it happens, it happens, it happens. I'm mad it all happened in the same week Derek carrs had it this year, so so it'll be there. I'm just not gonna sweat it out on Dak Prescott from there. Jerry Jones yesterday spoke about the injury to Tyren Smith and right now he's he doesn't know, So I would

just simply say this not knowing means. And they brought out look for and did Jerry said, look for still back to left tackle, So your your thought process of moving Lell Collins over the left is probably not gonna happen. So Terren steal back at left tackle Collins it right. If Tyren Smith cannot go, Sorry, man, it's just gonna be. But it's just going to be what it is. This is what Joe Philbin wants. If anybody out here has PTSD from watching that Atlanta game, that we continue to

bring other my man. Clayborne had a field day with Chaz Green and then the field day with who else was it? Byron? Byron Bell had a great field day with these guys. I like, we're playing Atlanta and I'm starting to see it again, Tyren Smith out of the game. What are we gonna do it? Levet? And we had a preview of what it could possibly look like a left when we played different last week. So I just you know, I'm just I'm just not in the mindset of that is is our best mix and match for

the offensive line with these injuries. And I think that you'll see seventy eight and eighty seven lined up next to each other out there on the football field, which is eighty seven is Jeremy Sprinkle. So you're going to see it tight end out there, and you're gonna see some help. That's that's just what I'm expecting right now. Yes, I mean yeah, if you're gonna put still left, yes, helpful, helpful, But I think one I'm still going back to fairness. The man earned a spot, he should be able to

playing left. And if you're gonna help somebody, put Leo out there and give him help. If you're going to dedicate your help to the help to the left tackle, at least have your right tackle playing to the best of like having your best right tackle out there. And terror is still based on what we saw last week from Elci was playing better then Collins, So put it gives some help man. And once again I hear what

you're saying. This comes down to their coaching, absolutely, this is their coaching philosophy and what they want to do. Got six wins Right now, I can't really argue with it. If it goes back ad against the Falcons, then you're definitely going to have to go revisit because I go back to last year when several people in the media and we talked about it on this very show, said hey, look between Steel and Brandon Knight, you might be better

putting Zach Martin and tackle. No, that's fantasy football, you don't need to do it. They ended up putting it at right tackle ended up winning a football game rand the ball well that day. So you could very well be right. But it's going to take based on what we see with these coaches, it's going to take a few games that where it doesn't go the right way before they look to make it. Let me tell you something.

The only time that I believe that we've had really really dominant teams, if when, is when our officsive line has been intact and we've had the best mix and match of guys being at the right position. And we started the season off that way. We started the season off with the perfect mix and match in my opinion, we protected no what listen for, okay for what we

have at our tackle position, I'm sorry. And then we had Zeke picking up the blocks, helping out, helping the online because we knew tob Bowlers gonna come up the blitzers, but we did not have those same deficiencies at the left and right tackle. When we have had issues is then we've had When we had these deficiencies and left and right tackles, injuries, our starters not being in there, we look like a totally different team. And last week

we looked like a totally different team. And it's not going to be good for us if we go out there and do the same thing again. All right, let's take a break. When we come back. Your LSU would come, Padre. It's trying to find a new football team. We'll talk about the three choices and power rankings. A couple of them are out there. Where had the Dallas Cowboys slipped two from being number two and number three? And some power rankings last week two Now Danny mccraig knew we scruggs.

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here on the players Ownsberry Church. Our third running buddy is out today playing golf. Cowboys are having to be nice, hang out with sponsors and be a celebrity. And so Barry said, yeah, out, guys, must must be nine. We got we got newly out of studio yesterday, you know, Barry out of studio today, not even but not even on camera, so not even in attendance, you know. And then you know, I'm here all week, kids were here all week. There you go. Power rankings are out. It's

gonna go with two. We usually go about three or four. It's gonna put two out here to day. One from one of my favorite guys, Rick goslind. Rick Goslind has Arizona one, Tennessee two, Tampa Bay three, Baltimore four, the Rams five, Green Bay six. Dallas falls from number three all the way down to number seven. ESPN's Power rankings. Arizona one, Tennessee two, green Bay three, the Rams four, Tampa Bay five, Baltimore six, Cowboys are now seven. The lost to Denver's got a whole lot of folks in

We don't like what we're seeing from the defense. Yeah, I don't. I mean, I cannot disagree with it specifically because a lot of those other teams actually played a lot better than we did. H. This past week, Arizona deserves to be there. They let they they lost one game, they rebounded off the loss that they had. So no Kyler Murray last week. Yeah, so so good for them. H. Green Bay played without of all the teams that had a bad week last week and lost the good teams.

Green Bay played without Aaron Rodgers. Um. Tennessee moves up to number two and both. Let me tell you something, Tennessee's rolling. Tennessee is rolling. Can't really say anything about them at this point because when they lost Derek Henry I was on the show saying that the coach should go get a player because now they have a real shot that went in the division. And then I watched Tennessee playing and I was like, you know what, they probably should just wait, wait, wait till next year beat

up that Rams offensive line. And to me and I see how the Rams were still ranked as a top five team. I'm sorry. In the playoffs, bad offensive lines get exposed, which is why they should be ahead of us, because what our offensive line show last week was I don't think it was worse than what the Rams offense show. They put up some points at least, I mean they got to pick six and all that stuff, but I still think they looked better than we did against Denver.

You you disagree, I'm looking at the overall offensive line just I just don't think long term what they have is going to be especially if you've got a defensive line like Tennessee. I think you can go ahead and beat this Rams football team because what they did to them. And obviously everybody doesn't have a Jeffrey Simmons, but if you can get yourself some push up the middle, you'll

be good. And I say this, if I'm Dan Quinn and I can get back Brent Urban, I can get back Tristan Hill, I can get back Neville Gallimore to go along with the guys I've already got. I feel real good going up against the Rams. I mean, but you said it though, the same thing you said with

Denver everybody. Everybody didn't have the tools that fangio head. Yes, all right, so correct, you know, just because those guys come back and they're not gonna be the same, like he's not gonna be Via, It's not gonna be hard grades. We're not sure if it's gonna be that. But those are the players where you say, all right, if you want to really call some noise in the middle of somebody's offensive line, those are the guys that you're naming. But we just really did bad last week. I think

we deserve to drop. We look bad literally on okay two and a half phases. The pump block will make us look bad on special teams, but we look we look really really bad. So yeah, I mean, and that's fine. And the rankings are the rankings. We have another chance to climb them as the season goes on. That's just

my concern about the Rams. And obviously, when you you don't have draft picks and you spent the kind of money you do, you fall short someplace, you're going to have a weakness with your football team, and Tennessee just went after it. And I was just surprised that it just kept happening in the whole game. I mean just the whole game. I mean, Matt Stafford just did not look like Matt Stafford. And that's when you're getting chased.

It's hard. It's hard. So when I looked at that, just said, boy, by the time you get to by the time you get to January, because it's not like they're gonna be able to go out here and go sign anybody, right, I mean, what they've got is what they've got. This is if you want to say, hey, here's the deficiency on this Rams team, it's the offensive line. And we saw it in the Super Bowl. Okay, if you've got some holes in the offensive line, it's gonna be hard to win. I go back to when the

Giants upset that Patriots team. You know, they had a great front four that could get home and they cause problems for Tom Brady at the middle. So so so so Okay, so let's say Tyren Smith doesn't come back this season. Whose officsive line is better Cowboys you think so, yeah, I don't. I'm not sure because I'm not sure the Cowboys still have Jack Martin. They do you have? You have Collins? Okay, I mean just based off the fact

that he's played two games. He played two games this season, and one of the games that he played, he did not look. He did not look very well to the fact that we're over here looking at with me. In my mind, I'm like, we should probably put Steel, who is our best right tackle at this point, over to the right end layout to the left and gives from help. Your five are better than they're fine even if you want to minus Tyren Smith, your five are still better

than the Rams five my opinion, that's mine. Which is which, which is fine? But and the thing is that both six and two football teams. So uh so I said, I'm just looking. I'm just looking playoffs where I have a concern. Now, I got you. Now, before we get out of here, your lsu can Padre Odell Beckham Junior. Nobody wanted to pick up the salary of fifteen or sixteen million dollars whatever it was. Understand that. So he's now down to three football teams. Two of them are

teams I spoke about. So it is the Kansas City Chiefs, the Green Bay Packers, and the New Orleans Saints. Saints tried to make a trade for him before the deadlineing did not work out. So where do you see the best fit for him amongst these three teams? Green Bay, if he said the thing that he really cares about is being on a team that is a contender. And New Orleans, you know, bless him, but right now they have a quarterback problem. They lost Jameis Winston. He's out

for the season. So if you are going to sign a one year deal, a play a deal so you can show that that teams should still pick you up and pay you that big money. I don't think New Orleans is that place. Green Bay, you're going to play with Aaron Rodgers for whatever he is right now, he's going to be back on the field and him and Davantae Adams, I think that is a scary mixer. Put that in with Aaron Rodgers and Aaron Jones, I think

you're automatically making them a better team. Kansas City, we talked about this offensive line, like Patrick Mahomes is trying to do way too much. The offensive line is not playing with it, don't have a running game, So a lot of question marks With Kansas City. I think you're sure for our spot if you really want to make some noise is Green Bay. I'm with you undred percent. They don't have a number two receiver that's better than Odell Beckham Junior in talent. You've got Davantem And this

kind of goes like what I said before. Go go to a winning team, Go someplace where you can get some single coverage. You got Davantae Adams over here. You gotta put the safety over the top to worry about him. Odell Beckham Junior one on one coverage with Aaron Rodgers right there, boom, I'll take that. Kansas City is also a good spot for him. You got Tyreek Hill, gotta have a safety over there, and you got Kelsey, So yes, you can op rate with single coverage. He needs to

get some good tape. And when you're on a winning football team and you can help out, you got a shot. Look at what happened with Antonio Brown last year, going to Tampa Bay, getting with Tom Brady, a good quarterback guy ends up you know, catching a touchdown pass a part of a Super Bowl winning team. So if I'm Odell Beckham Junior, I go to Green Bay and then Kansas City. Second report I heard it was a Green Bay said, oh yeah, you come on in here for

the minimum. I don't think money should be an issue for Odell Beckham Junior at this point time because Clevelands they have to pay you the whole money. They got to pay you your money, So take the take the deal. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers have been in the NFC Championship Game in the last two years. He needs some good tape and he needs to repairish reputation. I think Aaron Rodgers can help him do that. Yeah, he's available, but conversation for another day, exactly for another day. That

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