Adam Schefter
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Rams HC Sean McVay, Jerry O’Connell With A Schefty Sneak Attack, Fyre Fest And More
I'm a huge fan, Shepty. It is my honor. Listen, these guys, they were very kind to invite me to oversee a team. And before I commit to a venture, Jerry, I just got to have some basic questions answered if that's okay with you.
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Sure. So let's start out, Jerry. Communication is extremely important with fancy football. Texting, FaceTiming, all that. Do you use Android or iPhone, Jerry?
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It's not just me, excepting you. I've gotten some crazy texts from some coaches with some rather profane language. So I'm used to this, but I still have saved some of those texts. I've saved some of those texts.
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let him ask the questions jerry he's got a job to do here let him ask the questions jerry we got we got trey hendrickson requesting trades we got nfl live stuff i gotta get going here and i gotta get through this process so let me ask you a few more things if you don't mind i'm interested in the process that you use to determine graphic rankings can you walk me in a very simple way through your process there yes um
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That may explain why Big Cat and PFT have not won a championship. That may explain it right there. We believe a stable home life...
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hold on hold on we believe a stable home life is important to our team's success tell me about the level of support that you have from your family in managing a team is everyone in your house all bought in jerry no they don't even know they can't stand pft and big cat they think they're
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Okay. Hold on. I got two more because I got to get on a TV show here. But follow up on family, Jerry. Follow up. Family is very important to me. And at times I have my son and my daughter, who's a big fan of yours, help with my workflow. Would you have any issues if they were in contact with you giving you direction? No, I love your kids. I'm very happy. Dylan, correct?
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You know, my Dylan's 16, and who knows what's going on. We hope and pray for the best, right? That's all we can do, Jerry. Parents of 16-year-olds. All right, my last question for you, Jerry. Have you ever, while employed as PMT team manager, spoken to a competing sports program about fantasy football strategies? Hmm. Good question.
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Rams HC Sean McVay, Jerry O’Connell With A Schefty Sneak Attack, Fyre Fest And More
Well, Jerry, listen, these are just things that I wanted to just get out there in the open. I wanted you to think about them. I wanted to hear the answers myself. And now that I have them and I appreciate your time today, we could sit back, think about things, evaluate. It's sort of like making a draft pick. You don't just make the draft pick. You put a lot of time, thought and energy into it.
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And then you make the decision about who you're going to pick. Same thing here.
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I'm going to love this stuff. These guys got myself. Jerry, you text me anytime. Good job. Let me get it. What do you want?
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Whatever you want.
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I appreciate how willing and flexible you are. Yeah. All right. Thank you so much, Shepty. Thank you. Yeah.
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I'll go with 99 pug. 33.
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Hello.
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Yeah, it's a little swollen on this side.
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Adam Schefter, Reporter Fights In Indy, National Sports Podcast News + Fyre Fest
I was going to ask you how many straight years we've now done this.
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You're like, yeah, I'll do whatever. Yeah, what took you so long, right? Yeah. It's become such a tradition. I said this before, and I really mean this. There's not a week that goes by where somebody doesn't stop me and say, I don't love the Adam Schefter podcast. I never hear that. But I love listening to you on PMT.
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It's because you changed the name. Nobody has stopped me yet to say, I love you on the Adam Schefter podcast. No, I'm from Adam. Yeah, you changed the name.
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You lost the audience when they tuned in for the name. That's basic Adam Schefter podcast. But- Stopped on a regular basis. Yeah. Love you on PMT. So hopefully.
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We're going to make the people happy today and give them what they want. Very cool.
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How new are they? When did you get them? Well, it's funny you ask that because literally this is my primary phone right here in my lap. And this is my secondary phone, which is the two phones I carry. And one of them is, they're two different carriers, providers. I have been ordering a new phone and it showed up from ESPN yesterday. Okay.
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And my son is like, why do they keep sending you old phones? And I called up to speak to somebody. I'm like, what's the deal? Like, it's always two models behind. Right, right. And so they said, that's just how we do it. Okay, so how long... This happened yesterday.
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Name your price. Well, do we get to donate it to a charity? I don't know about that.
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Does it get a prominent spot?
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It would have to be authenticated.
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I really believe that this is the assault phone.
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It would be my honor to give you this phone. This is huge. There should be like a Hall of Fame section in the Barstool office.
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No, just in case. It's amazing how often I'm in one spot and I don't have reception on one phone, but I do on another. There's a road near my house that this phone loses reception every time, but this one keeps it. So you're always on the grid. It's weird. But this one, the primary one, It's really acting up. And we got free agency in a couple of weeks here. And I do not trust this phone.
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This phone is literally on its last legs. It's a time bomb. It's a time bomb. And I'm working with Disney and they sent me a 15, model 15. And my son's like, you need a 16. I'm like, why? I don't understand any of this. I'm not smart enough tech wise. He's like, more processors, better chips. Okay. So I think I'm going to...
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apple this weekend to buy the 16 and if and when i do that and transfer over everything you'll give me the address yep that's ours you give us the charity i'll ship you this phone i love it and you can hang it on the wall yes i love it speaking of miles garrett let's talk about miles garrett yeah so uh is he going to be traded There are so many complicating factors with that, right?
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If you trade them, first of all, they've been very steadfast in saying we're not trading him. That's number one. Number two, if they do trade them, there's like a $36 million cap charge that gets accelerated. So it's hard to trade them. It's hard to do it from a financial standpoint. You don't know if there's a team out there that's even willing to give up what it would take.
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So there are a whole slew of factors. Now, we've seen in recent years any number of players go from wanting to be traded to signing extensions. I know this is not money-based trading. But Lamar Jackson wanted to be traded, dropped that right before John Harbaugh was having breakfast with the reporters at the owners meetings a couple of years ago. And he wound up signing a month or so later.
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Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk, we can go on and on. Again, I would think eventually maybe he'll soften up because the Browns feel like they're unwilling to move him. It would take a change. Now, the Bears or the Raiders at one point in time were like, we're not trading Khalil Mack. We're not trading Khalil Mack. We're not trading Khalil Mack.
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September 1st of that year, after weeks and months had passed, they traded Khalil Mack to the Bears. Yes.
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Well, if you go back and look at what the Bears gave up for Khalil Mack. His two firsts. It was a third, a fifth. It was a bunch of... To me, that's the most fair comp there is out there right now. You could look across the league, and I could tell you that there are 31 teams aside from Cleveland that could use Myles Garrett.
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Realistically, I think you're looking at a contender that needs a pass rusher that it could make a huge difference. Buffalo would be unbelievable. Washington would be unbelievable. Your contender. Yeah, contender. Right? How does it feel? How does it feel when we say Washington contender?
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Very, very rich. Absolutely. And that's even if they do trade him, which right now they say they're not going to. But Jaden Daniels, like you are set up for the next 12 to 15 years. Don't say that. That's a long time. But that's what it should be.
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I could see them being interested in Debo Samuel. And I think that there is a market for Debo Samuel that's probably a little bit stronger than people thought it would be. And I think the 49ers are... going to be able to trade him.
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Here's the issue. They're... They are in such a difficult cap situation that it's going to impact all sorts of things. So I think with Brock Purdy, here's the thing that people have to remember. He's got a year left on his deal. Right. And so the Niners can offer him a package and say, here's what we're willing to do, whatever that is. And then- Is it going to be the Dak Prescott contract?
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It's not. I don't expect it to be.
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Is it going to be a fair contract? I would think it would be. They have to pay him. He's worthy and deserving of a big contract. But what is that deal? And that's going to be one of the questions. They've got so many financial issues and so many things they have to do and need to do that you're not going to be able to pay Brock Purdy, Dak Prescott. You can find a deal for Brock Purdy, but-
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And I'm sure his agent wouldn't like this. But if Brock Purdy doesn't like that deal, I don't know how far the Niners can go. And then the Niners can just say, okay, guess what? We have your rights this year for $5 million. We could franchise tag you next year for $40 million. That's $45 million over the next two years that they have as contractual rights for. Is that fair? No.
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But that's the way it is right now.
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And so it's a tough spot. So there's a deal to be had for both sides that's fair. But how do you work through that and figure it out?
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Some teams view it as a weapon, and some teams would rather not do it. And this year, I don't know what the record is for fewest number of players who are tagged, but this year we're looking at T. Higgins. maybe that might be the only one that we get this year.
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Trey Smith. Yeah. On Kansas City. Byron Murphy. Minnesota can't be tagged. Trey Smith may be a transition tag. I don't think that happens, but you're not going to get more than at most two tags this year.
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Well, here's the thing. In the next couple of years, at some point in time, the NFL PA is going to have a chance to go to the bargaining table, and the NFL is going to very badly want that 18th regular season game.
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2027 is played on presents. Yeah, so it's already there. Yeah, because you know what's going to happen here? What's going to happen is they're going to eventually, I believe, no matter how much the NFL PA has objected, I think that they're wise to say what they've done. They get to an 18-game schedule, and then the league can take a 12, 14, 16-game international package and sell that.
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I'm just telling you.
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Maybe not every week, but... Plenty of weeks.
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It's just – Have you thought about throwing your name into the ring to succeed Roger Goodell when he decides to step down as a commissioner?
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By the way, from my standpoint, we have the pregame show.
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Not thinking about us.
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He should. Clearly. Because there is the potential for that whole new...
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Like, they added the Thursday night. There's Monday night now. Like, Friday night last year. So, I can't tell you how many times I've said to my wife, there's a game tonight. Yeah, which I love.
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Well, if you succeed, Roger Goodell, you can be the man that gets it done, Big Chat.
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They're going to try to put it in though, right? That's one of the next ones up. They say there's no international Super Bowl on the horizon. I think at some point in our lifetimes, I think there'll be an international.
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But it doesn't sound like it's anytime soon.
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I went back and forth on that. I mean, I always, I don't know what it is, but every year I keep a file. of people who lost their lives. Like I'm just fascinated by it. And I just think that it's a way to pay respect to people who have lost their lives. And so I keep a running. Do you have any notes on them? No. Okay. No, I literally have it on my computer at home. Yeah.
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And I add like a death file.
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R.I.P. She's not the first one in this year. Oh, who was the first? I think my dog, Benny.
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R.I.P. Benny. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, sad to hear that.
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Yeah. Blake, Stella, you understand, right? Yeah. Yeah. How old was Benny? Benny was 15 and- Oh, that's awesome.
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Benny, yeah, he was close. Pretty crazy, yeah. We have an 18-year-old at home. Wow. Who's blind and deaf. And we have another 15-year-old that named Bailey that, I don't know, four months ago, the doctors recommended, she couldn't walk anymore. And the doctors recommended we put her down and she was so mentally alert and aware. My wife and I were like, we're not putting her down. And-
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She's regained some of her ability to walk. She kind of walks like a crab now. That's awesome. She craps in the house all the time. She can't get outside.
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Benny on February 23rd last year, I was sitting at my kitchen table and he came hobbling in like he were like, what the heck happens? We watched the ring camera and he went to jump up the step in the back into our house and he missed it and he couldn't walk. So I took him to the vet, um, They did some x-rays. They didn't find anything to go to another vet.
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They did an MRI, and they came out, and they're like, he's got a torn ACL. Okay. And we also found cancer in his liver that spread to his lungs. And I said, you know, I mean, I'll never forget it. The doctor called us. I was with my wife. We were hysterical. Yeah.
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like how long he goes i'd say two to three months and that was february 23rd wow and he made it for almost a full year the last conversation with chris mortensen i called him because i was so distraught over benny i called him on a thursday like i i was broken up and then mort passed away on saturday which was or sunday morning um You guys have dogs. Yeah. No, I know. Dogs are the best.
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They are the best. They are family. They're your children. We have four now. We'll always have dogs, love dogs.
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RIP, Benny.
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Good dog.
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Back to that. Let me ask you, would you have left him out?
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You know what? The amazing thing is, is like, I'm like, the guy died. He did die. He had an accomplished life, good and bad. Yes. So he was, I didn't think anything of it. And then all of a sudden, I'm like, oh. controversy. It was just that it was hidden in the middle, which was the right move if you're going to have it. Was it chronological? It's always sequential. It's always sequential.
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I keep a running list. I take that list and I just post the list. I try to honor the people we lost.
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Or... I could have put OJ Simpson asterisk. Yeah. Maybe not dead. Asterisk. No, actually, no. Because I never asterisked anybody that lost their life in that year. Yeah.
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Oh, how long have we been doing this? This death file is pretty fucked up. You know what? What I used to be able to do, it would, you know what? Instagram, you could post as many names as you want. Right. So Twitter, I think there was a limit. Yeah. And what year was Aaron Hernandez? It would have been roughly 12 years ago. It was a long time ago. Yeah, I don't know. I was posting names back then.
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Would have not had the death file. We avoided the issue back then.
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Is that I believe it was the Malachi-Corley play, correct, where he fumbled?
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Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I had this app where you could take the video, put it in there and get the video. And in this particular play, I kept waiting for the NFL to post the video right away. And it took a long time. It wasn't posting. So I'm looking, I'm looking, I see the video, um, On mess streams. Actually, I'm thinking of the sequence now. I used to do it that way.
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And then Field Yates, who now we're going to have to blame him. We're throwing Field under the bus? Yeah, absolutely. You're going to throw Field. He said, let me show you something. If you just press. Yeah, it's very easy. Press. Download. I'm trying to think which came first.
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Yeah. That's what happened. Field show me after the fact. Okay.
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Are you in the chat? Are you in the Mestreams chat? Can you edit this answer to make it more succinct? I'm not used to speaking this much out of turn. Okay. Now I have the sequence.
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I'm waiting for the NFL to post it. It doesn't post it. I finally see... Somebody post it, I copy the link, I put it in the app, I get the video, I post it, and the next thing I know, I'm getting besieged with messages about meth.
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I like to think that journalists are crusaders, and we're here to right the wrongs in the world. And so there were a lot of people that were illegally streaming on meth and they shouldn't be on meth anyway. Nobody should be on meth. And so therefore, within my powers, I took it to squash meth, which to this day, I get pissed off messages in my DM sometimes from people like, you ruin meth.
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But I feel like I'm trying to help people out. They shouldn't be on meth. People shouldn't be on meth. But the great part was the next day, I'm seeing people, they're like, Adam Schefter's trying to find ways around paying the $8.99 Amazon. Like, hey, can I tell you something? Can I tell you what my wife orders from Amazon? Like five, six times a day, $8.99.
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I mean, that is just laughable that I'm trying to find. And I am so far
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from being equipped or smart enough to figure out a go-around to avoid like but really it's field yates fault yeah and also afterwards afterwards field the action let me just show you how to do something all you do is press down the video it credits the people and then you can just post the video yeah so field deserves credit for that i wish he had shown it to me before i could actually be the one responsible for taking down he thinks the lady doth protest too
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Yeah, I think you were doing some math.
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You strike me as a math guy. You don't sleep much. I never knew any of this existed until after the fact when I'm getting all these text messages.
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You did last year. I did. I did do it this year. Didn't do this year. You did? Oh. You were first? Well... I can tell you this. I think that time-honored tradition is dead. I think I'm not doing it ever again. Okay. So you are washed? No.
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We evolve over time. Okay. We evolve, right? Okay. And so I've done it enough that... There was a posting about this, like there was meth, like there is with seemingly many things that I do with my life, about how Adam Schefter posted about the Groundhog Day game. Like, I thought people kind of liked that. I think it's always interesting.
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Like this was my fucking- I love information. I love anything that's like, whoa, I didn't know this. Right? So anything like that, Whatever it's related to, I'm in. Love that about you. But I think I'm getting out of the Punxsutawney Phil business. Okay. So you guys got the story first here. I think we're out of that business. We're not doing it.
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Breaking news. Punxsutawney Phil will not be seeing his shadow for me anymore.
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I just think that, like I said, you know when the space is becoming crowded, right? And so when everybody's weighing in on Punxsutawney Phil, it's time for you to go find the next avenue to explore. Yeah. Okay. You want to talk more NFL right now?
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Those are all the fun topics you got from the controversy.
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I don't know if that's a great comparison. No. You know what? Here's what happened. You might be right. To me, and I am a big NBA fan, like it's a huge trade, huge. And so you're talking about a veteran and a younger superstar, a guy who's won championships, a guy who I think will win championships. It's just a colossal trade. I was just trying to think of two stars, probably a better analogy.
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Like literally I was asleep when Shams broke it. So like I'm thinking like, what is this like? I've never seen anything like this. I came up with that. Some people didn't like it. Okay. Again, upon further reflection, maybe it would be like Dak Prescott for Justin Herbert. Maybe that would be a better one. I don't know.
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uh matt stafford was uh yeah that's a good it's a decent one where it's like the the age like it's you know this isn't bad it's just fun to wonder about it like yeah there's no right or wrong like that was something that came to me as i woke up in bed as i'm laying in bed it was the first saturday night yeah i said i don't have to check on any injuries here for the first time no you don't sleep and i dozed off i wake up i said i'm like what the hell is this like everybody else
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And that's what came to me at that moment. Sorry. It offended as many people as it did. No, thank you for your apology. I appreciate the fact that you said it.
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You know, he texted me after the fact. And when he texted after that, I started rooting for Wisconsin Green Bay. It was a rough year rooting for them.
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It was a rough year. I even debated. Actually, I tried to go to one of the games and I went through Chicago. The good part was it was before the Super Bowl. I was going to Wisconsin Green Bay. I came through Chicago. I didn't have any clothes. The airlines lost my bag. I was going through Chicago and I found these two duffel bags.
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And was able to drive by, pick up a couple duffel bags, got a bunch of clothes, got some great jump shoots right now. Worked out pretty well. Yeah. Rooting for Wisconsin Green Bay.
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By the way, by the way. The athletic director told me that. Right. So he responded to that.
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But the athletic director said it. He did say it. He's the athletic director. He said we had 50 million, which people were like, Hey, that's not right. Take it up with him. Yeah, take it up with him.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here's the deal. I try never to clap back. I don't like that. But when people post factually incorrect information, like clean up with the agent, like, no, no. I was talking to the athletic director. Right. This is what he said. Right. What do you want me to do? Right. Okay. Okay.
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Actually, big news. Yeah? Yeah. ESPN has re-signed Laura Rutledge to a big deal. Oh, wow. Congrats, Laura. You didn't get that scoop? I didn't get that scoop. That's huge. But you know what? Laura Rutledge is a rock star. Yeah, we like Laura. She's fantastic. Yes. She deserves everything she gets, and I'm very happy to see that news.
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I really don't know right now because it's kind of a coin flip kind of thing. You're dead.
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Those are the two plausible scenarios. I think the Raiders are out there lurking as well. I think those would be the three scenarios that make sense. And honestly... I think it changes on a fairly regular basis. So that's why I don't want to predict, hey, he's going to resell at the Rams. And all of a sudden, lo and behold, there he is traded to one of those other two teams.
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Or he's going to be traded. And lo and behold, he decides to go back to the Rams. Because these things change all the time.
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Let's start there. I think he's going to play. He's going to play. And I think he... has something to prove in his own mind. And I think there's gonna be a chip on his shoulder and we know what that guy's like with a chip on his shoulder. And I think you have to wait for Matthew Stafford to see where he goes before we could figure out where Aaron Rodgers is gonna go.
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Because I think once Matthew Stafford's situation is settled, then Aaron Rodgers gets to follow us.
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I could see it happening. Steelers? I could see it happening. Titans? Don't see that happening. Colts? Don't see that happening. Browns? Don't see that happening. Giants? Could see that happening. Okay. Interesting. So I gave you four teams that I could see, right? Yeah. But he's definitely playing. I believe he's going to play, yes. Yeah. And Kelsey's coming back, right?
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He is training and preparing as if he's going to come back. You never know. What if Marvel Studios comes and says, hey, we want you like- We need more Kelsey. Yeah, but he's preparing and planning to come back. Plans change. But yes, they think he's going to be back. I think he thinks he's going to be back, but-
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Well, I could see him doing... He's such a big personality and so charismatic. He could do anything he wants. So if they want to turn him into some movie star, they want to turn him into the next Rock. Couldn't you see that? I could see that.
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He retired long ago. Their podcast, they make a lot more money than you guys, right? I know you guys do well, but they've really done great.
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Absolutely. Yeah. And deserve still. And I'm okay with that. But for my podcast, I've never made any money from my podcast. Yeah. So you guys have changed the name. You guys have made far more money than I have in my pocket. We have. We've made a very good living. Congratulations. They've done well. Thank you. Turn 40 years old. Yeah. To hit it the way you guys have.
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Yeah, see if they can do it. I don't know if they can. I don't think they can. I mean, the level of success that they've achieved with that is incredible. All right, let's not. I mean, we're higher. So you too. You too. You too, guys.
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All right, so, I've seen PFT drive 400 yards.
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We do that. We take care of it. Full service. It smells nice. It's Blake's favorite place to lay. It's my dog's favorite blanket. Hey, you know what? My wife got those blankets like in dog beds. Like they're unbelievable. They're very soft.
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I think when I see Kwesi Adolfo Mensah, their GM of the Vikings, talk the way he did in such glowing terms about J.J. McCarthy, to me that says like, okay, they're setting it up for J.J. to be the guy. Yeah. That's what it seems like. I think that they would like Sam back, but they'd like Sam back at their number. And so again, where's Matthew Stafford going? Is he going to the Rams?
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Is he going to the Raiders? Is he going to the Giants? Because- I think if he doesn't wind up with the Raiders, I think Sam Darnold potentially could come into play with the Raiders. I could see that happening. You need the domino of Stafford to fall to begin to place the other quarterback chess pieces. But Sam Darnold... I think he'll do well.
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But to me, it feels like Minnesota is shaping up to be J.J. McCarthy, and we'll see what happens here in the next couple of weeks. All right, interesting. What about Cleveland? What can Cleveland do at the quarterback position? To me, they have to draft a quarterback. with their first pick, which I assume to be two, but maybe they go up to one to lock it in.
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The guy they want, they're not very far from the top, and Tennessee could go back one slot and get basically whoever they want if they're not going to go quarterback. The Titans are still going through their process
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They've spoken to teams and told them, we're interested in talking, but we need to get through our process first, go through the combine, go through pro days before they derive their decision about what they're going to do at one. Cleveland, to me, I predict it'll be a quarterback period. I think they have to do a quarterback. They're that high.
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They're that financially strapped with Deshaun Watson. There's that much of a need. You need something to
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I don't think so. How do you ban that?
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It just seems like, okay, so you can't push the Tush. By the way, their success rate in that play is, what is it, 92%. So if we take away, you can't touch his Tush. Yep. And Jalen Hurts is still sneaking behind Mekhi Becton and Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson. Don't you think he's still going to succeed on that play 75% of the time? Yeah. So I don't know.
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And by the way, what about the plays where the running backs in the open field and all of a sudden people are pushing him? What about the plays with a wide receiver tight end catches a pass and they're being that's not a lot either. Right. Because we're not allowed to push anybody anymore. Is the quarterback sneak now banned?
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Or it's just banned where you just can't touch the guy. Look, I've heard more opposition to it this week than I thought I would, but I don't know that there's a way to legislate it out of the game right now.
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His voice is being heard. I don't know that he's the final guy, but I think that Tom has a lot of say there, and he should. He's a smart, hardworking, bright guy. I think that they brought him in for a reason, and he's been involved in all this.
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I think it's crazy. Okay. So, by the way, he can't go to practice – to watch what the Chiefs are doing when he could watch it on tape. You don't think that Tom Brady is smart to go back and look at the tape. If they are in production meetings, I would hope and think that –
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If you are uncomfortable, if you are the Chiefs or Broncos or Chargers and you're uncomfortable that Tom Brady is broadcast, then don't give all the information. Withhold what you need to withhold. Right. Or say, Tom, you can't come in the meeting. Right. Like Tom still, they're not hiring him to be, I'm a reporter. Tom Brady has played this game at a high level for a long time.
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They hired him because he has done things, seen things, been through things that none of us ever have. That's what he's supposed to be bringing to the game. So if they never allow him in a production meeting and never allow him in a practice, to me, that doesn't matter in the way that Tom Brady's doing his job.
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Yeah. That's fair. Yeah.
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I think that would be a part of it. With the 18 games? By the way, if I were the NFL or the NFLPA and I'm coming to the players, we know how much the players don't want to play an 18th game, and I understand why that would be the case. But if I'm asking you, you guys played in the NFL, and I said to you, would you rather have a 17-game season with one bye or an 18-game season with two byes?
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What would you rather have?
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Double buy, 18 games. And I know you guys are doing it for free, but there's going to be a lot more money. A lot more money involved. Because we can now sell the extra TV package, right? So, okay, I'll take the extra buy, the extra money. And by the way, football could always do load management like basketball. No, we don't want to.
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Well, it's sort of like the NBA does for the All-Star break. The sport shuts down for basically a week.
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Right? Including the game, yeah. I mean, I think you're talking about taking that. I don't like when the NBA does that. I kind of like. As a guy who plays fantasy basketball and loves it, I kind of miss it. How did you do this year? Or how are you doing? I'm in second place, but my team, it's kind of ham and egg. How did you do in fantasy football this year?
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I lost in the opening round of the playoffs. Great regular season. Brutal. Yeah.
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In fantasy? Yeah. Mm-hmm. I think I'm as much fantasied out as I can be. I allow it to consume my thoughts and dictate my moods way more than it should.
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I do that with a lot of people already. Yeah. Oh, yeah. A lot of people that reach out like constantly texting.
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Slot you into that middle management role? I don't like middle managing. I don't like bureaucracy.
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Can we just say?
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Figure it. And is there anything for me to gain?
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A spot on the wall of fame next to my cell phone.
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That sounds fair to me.
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You know, I didn't get that either.
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The story was, like, they're expanding replay assist to include slides. I remember writing the story and being like, okay, well, what does this mean? Like, like the slide of Patrick Williams. It wasn't directed. I don't care. Like, I don't feel like there's some vendetta. I wasn't trying to stir up anything. And all of a sudden, I got people going nuts about that. That was not my intent.
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I didn't like that it became that and it was unfortunate, the whole thing. What fan base hates you the most? It depends on the time. There was a time when, I mean, we could go through this. There have been various fan bases that have hated me at various points.
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Again, two weeks ago, it would have been Kansas City. Aaron Rodgers, when he was the Packers, it was Green Bay. It's just whatever's in the news. It's whatever's in the news at that time. The Jets. Did the Jets hate you this year? I don't think so. Maybe unless you know something I don't. No, memes is shaking his head. He's clean. No, he's clean. He's not a Florio? Yeah. Yeah.
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You're not going to be able to please all the people all the time. Sometimes when you deliver bad news, they do shoot the message. I always shoot the message. I try to deliver literally black and white factual information. OJ Simpson died. Fact. Fact. He did. He died. That's it.
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I don't think they'll part ways with a guy like that. That means so much to their city. That's so important. especially with the way that Mark Davis has felt about him. But we've got a whole slew of defensive ends here who are going to get paid this offseason. Like you got T.J. Watt, maybe Miles Garrett, Cleveland or somewhere else. You've got Trey Hendrickson who's got to get paid.
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There are a whole host of defensive ends that are going to get paid a lot of money. So – I'm sure the Raiders are preparing to sign Max Crosby to a lucrative extension that he deserves. But if they're not, then they should look to the element. By the way, they're rebuilding, although I'm sure they don't feel that way. He would be the most valuable chip that they have.
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That guy's an unbelievable player.
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Yes. Pittsburgh Steelers next quarterback. Steelers next quarterback? Yeah. Russell Wilson or Justin Fields?
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All right. They're staying put. Really? One of them will be back. All right. One of them I expect to be back. Which one?
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Seven days or seven days.
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Um, I don't know where he's going to wind up going, but boy, that guy, he's fun.
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Come on. We have zero planned. Ah, come on. You know, it's always nice after the draft. When you enter a quiet period, there always is going to be something. And as I say with the NFL, whatever happens on May 4th or May 18th, the schedule release, that becomes the biggest thing.
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And when there's nothing else to talk about, and there's that one thing that happens that day, some player signs an extension, some player gets cut, some player gets...
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in trouble like that becomes the biggest thing because that's how everything is with the nfl and there's always something and i just feel like the job is even at that time you just you're always on alert right you're always on guard so vacation i will say this um i'd love to go on a vacation where you could disconnect and turn everything off i i haven't done that In my adult life.
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By the way, if I give you the phone. Yeah. Then I could, we could give you the active phone next to the. Yeah, yeah.
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We wouldn't mess up your career too bad. Just a little bit. But no vacations planned. Okay. Zero. My kids have been after me. My kids really want to go to Italy. Really. Take them to Italy. You know what? I was talking to this guy last summer and he's like, he was turning 70. I'm like, what are you doing? He's like.
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You guys, if we do that, if I can't make it, but I would love the invite. I would stop in.
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By the way, like I'd save the entire month. There was a good time for this. Like my daughter will be finishing high school.
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My ESPN contract will be up. I'll be 60. So maybe we just shut it all out.
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Listen, I have so much respect for what he did. My wife would never let me do the same thing. Become athletic director of Michigan? That day when he did that, I got 20 texts. Like, are you taking the GM job in Michigan? There's a whole new industry now. There's a whole new world out there of GMs in college. Listen, I love Woj. He's one of my dear friends. When we talked about him doing this,
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You know, I did my best initially to say, hey, just think of the other side. Think about this. Do one more year. He was done. It's good for him. I respect that. It's unbelievable. Yeah. And people are just like, oh, you think, a couple of people are like, you think Woj was sorry he wasn't working for the Luca trade? I'm like, Woj couldn't give a crap.
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That he didn't work on the Luca trade.
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Yeah, and you do shrink over time. Right.
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Yeah, they're seven. I don't see them going to one or two. They got holes to address and- It would take a lot to get up there. Look. Could it happen? Sure. I haven't heard that today. We'll see what happens. Meme is happening. Okay. Do you want them to trail to one? I don't.
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I kill meth. I kill rumors. Rumors. Yeah. And OJ Simpson. And OJ Simpson. Okay, Chad.
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You know what? I'm not... Smart enough to answer that right now. Okay. Because I'm just not living in that world. Field Yates would answer that question and be spot on. But I couldn't answer that today.
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Because I just don't know.
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Good question. Yes. In fact, I've actually had his name come up with head coaches I've spoken to. Whoa. Good question, Chad. I'm like, oh, so – What if you can't get that? Daniel Jones. I have heard the name. So I think there's a market for him. I also think that if Sam Darnold leaves, Minnesota would be a natural spot for him to be.
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And I think that's part of the reason the Vikings brought him in. But is there a scenario where he could wind up as a starter? I think there is. Can you tell us what division those coaches have been in?
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What conference was the team? Conference in color. It was in the National Football League. Okay. All right. You got one more question, Chad?
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What did you say to him?
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Listen, we all agree with that. You get only so many chances to get one of those jobs. One of 32. Yep. A salary of eight figures.
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Can't turn that down, right? But, you know, everyone went over. She just told him, go and talk to him.
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Well, when I heard him talk and you guys met him, I still haven't spoken with him in person. I've texted him, but like he's talking about revolution. He uses words that I haven't heard GMs use. Yeah. And very new age, very 2025. Yeah. I think that if whatever he does works, I think it would open up the idea that people would be more open to hiring younger GMs.
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Just like when Sean McVay came in, he was hired at the age of 31, I believe. And all of a sudden, it became acceptable to hire a very young head coach. But there's only so many Sean McVays. And if James Gladstone succeeds, there aren't that many people
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Khalil Mack, the Chargers are definitely trying to get back. And the interesting part about that is I think after everybody saw the success that the Eagles had in the Super Bowl and with the salary cap taking a bigger jump than people expected, the pass rushers like Josh Sweat, like Khalil Mack, even Milton Williams inside.
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and I'm going to see if I say his name right, Osa Iguodala, the guy in Dallas.
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Adigazua.
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Osa Adigazua, I got that right. I think these guys are going to get more money than people are expecting, and I think the Eagles, help make the pass rushers more money in this free agent market. The Chargers are going to work to get back Cleo Mack. There's a question about whether they'll be able to keep Joey Bosa. They were in this spot last year. I can't imagine you're going to lose both guys.
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We'll see how that works out with them. And then- Debo. Debo. Like I said, the one thing I could say on Debo is I think there's been more interest than people- Thought there would be. And I know that I've seen it out there that the Niners would have to release him because of the cap situation and designate him a June 1. I don't agree with that. I think they're going to be able to trade him.
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Good job. Cooper Cup. I think unbelievable wide receiver aging older right now He's filling time. No, no, no. I could see. I'm trying to think I want to answer this, right?
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He is. Very white. He is.
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Yeah. He could be on the move. He's going to be on the move. Triple crown. Again, I think the Rams are going to hope to trade him. I think the salary and the numbers are an issue. And I think that's why I'm kind of parsing my words because the question is, is somebody going to trade for that contract? They're going to redo it. What's the contract going to look at?
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I think there are absolutely teams out there that want Cooper Cup. The question is, how much are those teams willing to spend on Cooper? Right. And that's really the issue here right now. He's going to have a new home. Yeah. He's going to have suitors. He's going to have interest. The question is, what is the price going to be? Okay.
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Bears, definitely offensive. I mean, they're definitely going to upgrade the offensive line. Done. Don't know who that's going to be just yet, but they're going to be upgrading there. The commander is like, they're in a spot where they can go strengthen this. They're going to be looking for a pass rusher. They're going to be looking for a wide receiver.
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I think that they'll find a way to add both at some point here. And... Jaden Daniels. Wow. Wow. He's good. Let me tell you something. He's so good. He's... And the amazing thing is, like, as I always say, people get it and people don't get it. Jaden Daniels gets it. He gets it. Big time. He gets it. Like, that guy is on it. I happened to be around him at the Super Bowl, came over, like...
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I was really impressed with that guy. He gets it. Special. Yeah, he is. PFT is set next 14 to 16 years. 14 to 16 years. He had one great season. I love that. I do love him. I am in love with him. I go back to what somebody in that organization told me. It was like, 10, 12 games into the season, I go, this quarterback, this quarterback covers up a lot of the sins of the organization. Yes.
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Like, not everybody's at his level and the rest of the team is okay. Yeah. There's some holes though. It's a decent team, but the quarterback is exceptional and because he's exceptional, Everybody else gets elevated.
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That's the deal.
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Wow.
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Well, before we get to Mike McCarthy and falling apart, first I'll have to say that one of the coolest things of my career so far has been to watch my daughter on the Nickelodeon broadcast introduce you guys. Yes. And make you a part of Bikini Bottom, right? That was pretty cool.
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The funny thing is that was the first game that she's done. She's done four or five games that I haven't been right there with her. I had to be in Bristol on Sunday morning for Sunday count. And I tried to figure out all these ways to get to Houston. And there were no late flights out, no early morning flights out. And so my son took her.
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And so I'm sitting there at home like a regular viewer watching her And she pops on the screen. I think her first hit, her very first hit that day was you guys, kind of showing you guys at the game. So I hope you guys enjoyed the Texas Tigers game on Bikini Bottom.
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Yes. Well, and the great part was sitting with my wife. And I know that she's going to do the post-game interview. And I said, yeah, we'll see what it is. I don't think it'll be Joe Mixon because I just don't think they're going to do it. And they said, let's go down to Dylan Schefter. We're standing by with Joe. I'm like, they did it. They did it. Joe Mixon uses the word ass in hell.
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I, first of all, I know a lot of people felt like Mike was going to be back, including myself at one point. Like, okay. Players are coming out and supporting him. Jerry's coming out and supporting him. He wants to be, like, it was going that way. But it's one of those things where I guess it's like a couple dating. Well, yeah, they're going to get married. They're going to get married.
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Except the guy never gives up the ring. And after a while, at some point in time, the woman's like, you know what? Either you're going to give me the ring or I'm moving on. And I think they sat down. They went over football stuff all week long. And it became apparent. That Jerry wasn't committing long term. They never, ever got into negotiations.
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They're moving forward with insights and observations about the football team. Now, was there something that was said or done in those few days between the end of the season till the time where both sides said that they part or going their own ways? I don't think there was. I just think it became apparent over the course of those conversations that the Cowboys weren't entering into negotiations.
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Like, okay, at what point do you realize, like, wow, he's eligible to talk to teams Tuesday at midnight, and there's been zero negotiating. Like, we're going to wait until midnight on Tuesday before you realize he's not going to be back as the Dallas Cowboys coach or what? And I just think it went in that direction, and
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to the point where both sides knew that was the way it was going to go, and then they memorialized it and made it official.
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Right. Yes, yes, but here's the thing. I think sometimes you're trying to explain actions that aren't so easily explained with certain people. And also, they knew that it wasn't like they were denying him the right to go take the bear's job, right? in-person interviews can't even occur until after the divisional playoff round. The Bears have been all over the map.
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And if Mike McCarthy is going to talk to the Bears, he's going to be able to do it next week, whether it is then or now. I almost feel like it's like, again, to use that dating analogy, you know, okay, the girl wants you to propose. You're not proposing. Well, can I go out with... No, you can't. But now a week later, you can. It applies there too. And so I just think that in the end, ultimately...
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That's what they decided to do. Each side went its own way. And when they said no, you didn't know whether that meant that they were going to try to get something done or whether they were just kind of being Dallas. And that's what they were doing, being Dallas.
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Of course. Everybody is, right? And I think that... Again, we're going to hear other names come up. But I think Kellen Moore is a logical name because he fits there, knows how it works, can do the job on Jerry's terms, wouldn't cost what it would cost to hire Mike Vrabel. It fits in so many ways. But then you also have the allure of a guy like Deion Sanders. And...
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It's not like Jerry, I don't think, has to interview Dion. He knows Dion and Dion knows him, although you'd want to hear his ideas for the program and what he would be thinking going forward. And so, look, I think Jerry changes mind a couple of times on McCarthy going along this. And I think it's possible, probably likely, that...
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he, like other teams, you go through this process and you think, you know what? I think I kind of like this guy. And then you talk to this guy, you're like, well, I like that guy. And then this guy makes up ground. So it's hard to forecast exactly how it's going to come out. I would just say like, Helen Moore, square and contention.
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Deion Sanders, if that's the way Jerry wants to go, square and contention. Could we get a guy like Leslie Frazier or Jason Witten. Yes, it's possible. But I think that Kellen Moore is the logical name. And Deion Sanders is the really fun, intriguing name.
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Well, but no. But the splash hire may be the logical hire here. Yeah. Yeah. The logical hire here. Dion has got something of the Midas touch. He's incredible around people. I think he'd be great. I really do. And in fact, again, I said this on Get Up This Morning, but I go back to this call that I got in October of 2023. GM calls me up and he's like, hey- Write this down.
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The next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys is going to be Deion Sanders. I'm like, really? He's like, take it to the bank. I'm like, okay. Why do you say? Jerry loves him. He loves Jerry. It's going to happen. Will it happen? We're all waiting to see. It'd be unbelievable for everybody. Be great for everybody. The Cowboys would be great for Deion, be great for shows like yours and this.
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Yeah, big time.
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I don't view that as a viable option right now. That doesn't mean that at a later date that that couldn't happen, but... First of all, Dak Prescott's got a no trade clause in his contract. He's the highest paid player in football. They just paid him. Like, it's not practical to move off Dak. And I don't think they're thinking of moving. They want Dak to be there.
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And by the way, like, are the Titans who have the number one pick where you... potentially would have to be to take Shador. Are they going to go trade that pick for Dak, the highest? I don't know about that. To me, that's more fantasy football. I know Deion has talked about the fact that he'd want to be with his son. Well, okay, but...
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That would be ideal, but it's not practical right now, unless the Titans wanted to do something. So I think it's more along the lines of he's got great respect and affection for Jerry Jones, and it's the Dallas Cowboys. And I don't know if he still has his house. I still think he does. He's had a house in that area.
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It was the franchise. I mean, it's a no-brainer. So that's one that I think could – get him to change his mind.
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I would just say this, that there's a lot of Ben Johnson Raiders talk, right? Mm-hmm. A lot of conversation about that, right? And that may happen. It could. But I don't think the Jaguars should be dismissed. And I don't think the Chicago Bears should be dismissed.
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I really believe that all of them have something of an equal opportunity. I don't believe there's one ahead of the other. And I think there are three potential options. And we're going to see how that goes.
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I think when you're going through one of these job searches, it becomes obvious to you and apparent to you over time who wants you most. And I don't mean in the form of money. You guys have been through this yourselves in your life. Just think back to people who have wanted you and how that became evident to you. And I think that Ben Johnson is going to be in a situation here where I believe he's
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The landing spot will make itself apparent and evident to him over time through the conversations that either he or his agent have with that particular team. There are drawbacks, questions with each one of those openings. He's going to have to get sufficient answers before he proceeds forward. There's not going to be a perfect spot, but there's going to be a good spot in the end.
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And it's up to him to pick really the best of the that are out there that are after him. And I think, I really believe right now he doesn't know what that will be.
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But... Again, it will, over time, materialize and become clear. You know what? Boy, this team is doing what I want in the front office. This team is handling this the way. They're going to structure this the way. They're saying they're going to... This team's giving me more years. This team's giving me more money. This team is saying, come do this. These things become apparent to you over time.
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And I believe the same will be true here of Ben Johnson and... I don't believe there is a favorite right now. I really don't.
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I've never been a part of the process, so I don't exactly know. But I know that a lot of that time is spent going over staffing and their visions for the team. And if you're a team like the Jets, I'm sure they're asking, okay, if you come in as the head coach, the GM, what are we doing? A quarterback? They want to know their plans.
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And by the way, the Jets have asked for permission from basically every candidate out there except for Robert Sala, which at this point in time, I wouldn't be surprised if they turn in commission for him at this point. But I'd want to know the ideas of everybody. Like, what are you doing? What do you think that we should do a quarterback? Yeah.
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Because somebody may have an idea that you hadn't thought of that can help you at that spot. So I, I've never been a, I would love to be a fly on the wall in one of these head coaching processes. It would be fascinating to see. And again, just like, just like we're talking about the team over time, distinguishing itself and becoming obvious to a guy like Ben Johnson?
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I believe the same is true, in turn, where a candidate... distinguishes himself over time and makes it such that that team believes that that guy is the right guy to go get.
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Well, I don't think the ship has sailed. Listen, Rex is so passionate and so confident. And he's so unique. And, you know, I love working with the guy so much. I'd love to see him give the check. I told the story to somebody. I'm like, I'm sitting at the kitchen table and the local news comes out and they say, and Rex Ryan's interviewing for the Jets today.
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And, you know, my wife and daughter, they don't know anything about football. Like, Rex Ryan, like, didn't he coach there 10 years ago? I'm like, yeah. They're like, well, didn't they fire him? Yeah. Well, why are they talking to him now? I said, well, they haven't been back to an AFC championship game since they fired him. Yeah. Yeah. Right. So Rex knows what's worked in New York, what succeeded.
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I would never I would never underestimate Rex. I'm personally rooting for the guy. But let's see how the process plays itself. I think I mean, I think a guy like Aaron Glenn. is a favorite in New York. And I believe Aaron Glenn is absolutely going to get one of these head coaching jobs, whether it's in New York or New Orleans.
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So if it happens to be in New York, well, that knocks Rex out of the jets and he doesn't get the job. Then if it doesn't happen with Aaron Glenn, Does Rex come into play? He's got a lot of friends, a lot of relationships there, and I'd love to see it, although I'd hate to lose him from ESPN because he's so great to work with, but we'll see how it all plays out.
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I know people keep bringing this up. I know it is lingering out there. I just don't see it. I just don't see it. I mean, I'm going to take Bill at his word. He said we didn't come to North Carolina to leave North Carolina. We came here to be here. He said all kinds of things along those lines. He's in high schools every single day. I don't care that his contract isn't formally signed.
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I don't care that he's connected to... Here's my question, a better one. Let's do it in basic terms.
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common sense give me a place right now where you believe he fits naturally as a head coach go through the openings and i could blow up every one of those places for a different reason like there's not even a logical fit for him out there right now possibly the raiders with tom brady no don't see it the cowboy's the only one that comes to mind for me
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By the way, I understand why people would say that. I don't see it. I think Bill obviously had to be aware that that job could open. Like, he's not an idiot. Everybody knew that McCarthy was in the last year. I'm sure that a close look was taken at that situation. For whatever reason, he took the North Carolina job. I just don't see a fit for him with these current openings anywhere for me.
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The way it's been explained to me is they have an offer sheet agreement, which is common as the state of North Carolina works out the details. It's a process there to get a deal finalized. There isn't a gray area, but they have an offer sheet agreement, which is common in that state right now.
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Well, Ben Johnson, I believe they're definitely interested in, you know, whether or not the see. That remains very much in question. And then if they don't get Ben Johnson, what do they then do? That's where I think it gets really interesting. Who is their next choice? I don't have an answer for you right now. Again, they haven't met face-to-face with a lot of these candidates.
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We could just throw people up at certain spots and talk about it, but I don't know how much that makes sense right now.
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Well, let me say this. I believe that Ben Johnson is the big domino here. Yeah. And so... I think the Raiders are waiting to see what happens with Ben Johnson. I think the Bears are waiting to see what happens. I think the Jaguars are waiting to see. So right then and there, the process has slowed down.
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Then we have the NFL and its clunky process slowing it down even more to where no face-to-face interviews are even allowed with coaches under contracts to teams until after this upcoming weekend division. So that slows it down. I mean, again, it's great to talk about and wonder about and speculate, but this is still really early in the process. Yeah.
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And there's a lot that's going to play out and a lot that's still going to change.
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I don't see it. Ben Johnson... has turned down two years of opportunities. And I don't care who you are in this league. At some point, you have to take the plunge. The money is too great. The opportunities are too great. You can't keep turning down jobs year after year. And again, the Lions might be this good again next year. They might be. But this is the NFL. They might not.
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And if they're not and he doesn't take one, well, all of a sudden you're on your coordinator salary as opposed to a head coaching salary of anywhere between, I don't know, 10, 11, $12 million a year. There's just too much money to turn it down again. I don't believe it's going to happen. I believe he's taking a head coaching job this year.
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That's why you have agents, though. That's why you have agents to go over that and gather all the information and... Find out the answers to the questions while you're coaching the game. Like, that's an agent's job. And he presents everything to you boiled down so that you can then sit down with your wife and figure out what's best before you're going into it. He has an idea of all that.
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Like, we're not oblivious to this. He knows what each organization is about. And by the way, yes, he's getting ready to coach in an incredibly important postseason where the Lions can make history and have an unbelievable, memorable run for that city. But But he's a human being. He also is aware that there is a career-altering option in front of him.
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So, of course, there's going to be some thought given to that.
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Here's what I say to that, honestly. Tom Brady has spoken to Ben Johnson. He'll go through this in the interview. Do you think he's going to sit down there this weekend while Ben's getting ready for the biggest game of the season and be like, if you come to Vegas, here's what we're going to do. What do you think? Tom Brady is a professional. Ben Johnson is a professional.
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They're not doing that this weekend. I know there are sensitive people, but I think you have to be practical about it. What are we talking about?
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Correct. It would be a little weird if we used that time for the Raiders. It'll be Kevin Burkhart. It'll be all the producers, the directors, Aaron Andrews, Tom Rauch. They're all around there.
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There will be a leak. If he actually does that. They wanted me for a glass of wine later? Do you really think they need to do that? What are they going to go over there that they haven't before or couldn't in the future? What do they have to do with that moment that has to get done the night before the commanders play the Lions?
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I'll just say this big cat. Yeah. I don't know how it's going to go yet, but here's what I would say. He may not be a bear. Absolutely. That's possible. But I would just say right now at this stage of the process right now, Don't lose the faith.
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Did anything happen this year that there is to go over? I don't know. We'll find some stuff.
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It's never happened before. I don't see them changing it any time in the future. The league is always looking at ways to innovate and improve. But I've heard this complaint. Remember the year where The Seahawks won the division with a horrible record. It was like 500. And then the Saints had a much better record and had to go to Seattle for the opening wildcard game.
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And that turned out to be the Beastquake game where Marshawn Lynch had one of the most memorable runs in NFL history. And the sound level in that stadium matched a new world record. The league is intent upon winning. rewarding division winners. I don't see that changing anytime soon. Okay, good. Good. Division should matter. Yes.
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Now, could the league... Nobody said this, but we're just talking out loud logically. Could they then say, okay, we're going to have the division winners host games, and then after that...
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will recede i i don't know does that even make sense i maybe i don't know but i've never heard any momentum or movement to change the way the playoff seating system works okay perfect that's what i wanted to hear i appreciate that response yep that's the correct response all right well shefty you're the best we'll see in maybe we'll see in new orleans but we'll also see hold on
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That's where he's most dangerous, right? Six comebacks in the final 10 seconds of games this year. No rookie quarterback ever has done that. He's become like a modern-day Joe Montana, John Elway with... the ability to improvise and run around. Guy's been incredible. And one person there said, he covers up for a lot of our sins.
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Let me start by saying this. If I'm Cliff Kingsbury, And I'm happy right now. I'm in no rush to leave Jaden Daniels. I know I've got arguably the best young player in football on my roster. And so if something materialized and it was ideal and it was great, sure. I don't know that he's looking to rush back into that world. I think he's still being paid by Arizona.
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He doesn't have to... It's not going to impact his bottom line any. There's a lot of stress on that. I don't know that he's going to get one. I don't know that he really wants one. I don't know that he cares about one. I think he cares about playing the Lions right now. And we'll see how that process plays itself out. Like I said, to me, Ben Johnson, Aaron Glenn, getting two of the six openings.
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Now we're down to four openings. You can go try to figure out... who those other four guys are going to be that are going to fill up those head coaching jobs. One of them is Dallas, wild card. We'll see how Jerry Jones thinks. Now we're down to three. So we got Brian Flores. We got Joe Brady. We got Liam Cohn. We got...
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There are a lot of guys. And, again, these guys are under contract. They haven't even met with these teams yet in person.
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It's hard to say how that's going to go.
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Yes.
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that had that had to be a career highlight like i've never been called out on a on a bikini bottom slime slime it was it was great yeah that's big time that that that i know you guys have done a lot but that's when you know you really yes absolutely all right thanks so much chef d thanks guys see you soon thank you good to see you okay let's wrap up we got fire fest of the week henry yeah give it to us yeah uh