Hour 1 - Wemby is changing the game, Ian Rapoport

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Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: We put our pants on the same way you do. It's a Friday. It's a meat Friday. Yes see. I think there are a lot.

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Speaker 3: Of people this morning who put their pants on and thought of us immediately this morning.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because I used my Lou Holtz impersonation. They put your pants on the same way we do. And so I waited a day after the passing of Lou Holtz. But then we started talking about how do you put your pants on in the morning, and lo and behold, it's either left leg first or right leg first. Paul Y both legs jumping in fritzy somehow brought up folkrum. Who knew? You know, we build up this great morale the last week and a half or so, and it's all gone to hell. Yeah, Meet Friday has really divided the building. Yeah, there is some overt tension. Dylan has been prepping for days and he said, hey, I was gonna have some Indian food. I said, well, just make sure there's some meat in there. It's a meat Friday. And so he said, okay. He was prepping yesterday afternoon, he was prepping this morning. I come in and I hear from a couple of backroom guys, I'm not eating that. I go, well, you don't have to, but let's try it. Let's be open minded. We have buttered chicken, lamb tica, masala, garlic, Nan and Rice. Who has it better than we do?

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Speaker 4: Pretty much?

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Speaker 5: Everyone? Oh wow?

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Speaker 2: Who is the most concerned of the dan Ettes?

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Speaker 1: Dodd.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna guess this might not agree with you.

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Speaker 6: I'm very concerned about the menu. I don't know if I'm gonna like it, and I don't know what's gonna happen after eating it.

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Speaker 2: Okay, but you've had Indian food before.

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Speaker 5: I tried a little bit yesterday.

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Speaker 6: I had like, what like two little teeny pieces of some kind of chicken curry thing that I put on a piece of bagel.

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Speaker 2: But before yesterday, I've never had an Indiana Okay.

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Speaker 7: Yes, Todd is not adventurous in anything in life and food especially. I'm surprised, living in Brooklyn he hadn't had Indian food before. It's an eclectic area.

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Speaker 6: I don't know why we can't just have hot dogs and hamburgers and pizza and meatball subs and called meat.

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Speaker 2: Forridder's nothing wrong with that. Yeah, yeah, I mean that that's your food.

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Speaker 5: My wheel, have your food wings. There's a million things I would eat ahead of that.

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Speaker 2: Anybody else concerned in here?

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Speaker 3: I don't know if concerned is the right word. I'm I've tried Indian food many, many times. My wife and my son love it. They absolutely love it, and I've tried. I've gone out with them many times. I've gone out with our friends who are Indian to their favorite Indian restaurants and eating food with them. And when I travel that it's when my wife and son go get Indian food. All Right, It's just not my thing. I just it's not my flavor profile.

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Speaker 2: All right, Well, we have to overcome this. I've tried it many times, though. I really have this on the heels of a team building lunch. And now all of a sudden, this is a team disbuilding or dismantling. Something has gone on, something's gone wrong off the rails. But you know what, in my family, with my wife and kids, you got a gold star if you tried something, and of course I aspired to get a gold star. The kids would be like, do I get a gold store for that? They'd be like five years old. Do I get a gold Star? Yes? You do? Okay, I'll try it.

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Speaker 3: Did you guys do a clean plate club by any chance?

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Speaker 8: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that's big in our house.

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Speaker 2: All right, So welcome to the program. A little bit of tension here. First hour brought to you by tire rack dot Com. They take away the tension of getting tires. Segue for over forty years, helping you find the right tires for how one and where you drive, ship fast and free back by free Roade, hazard protection, convenient installation options like mobile tire installation, tyrec dot Com. The way tire buying should be. Play the Day, Pole questions, stat of the Day, all of that forthcoming stat of the Day brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the program. Good morning, if you're watching on Peacock or NBC Sports Network or our radio affiliates around the country. iHeartRadio, Fox Sports Radio Seat and we'll have a poll question coming up. If you haven't seen him, please do. Victor Wembenyama coming to an arena near you. He had thirty eight, sixteen and five blocks and the Spurs beat the Pistons. San Antonio Is won thirteen of its last fourteen and Wemby is the first NBA player with thirty eight sixteen five blocks in the game since Joelnbiid in twenty twenty two, and well the first Spur to do it sin David Robinson in nineteen ninety no turnovers as well. He is a very, very fluid player. It's not like your big guy can be a little bit clumsy. He's got a great handle and great hands. I mean, so does Joker. You know, these big men have evolved that you want the ball in their hands. They're not afraid to put it on the floor. They're good passers. But I don't know who's going to win the MVP this year, but Wemby's gonna win it the following year. Joker, to me, is the best player in the game. SGA is the best player on the best team. But man, you know, objects in your rear view mirror appear closer. No, No, this object in your rear view mirror is closer because Wemby is changing the game. Yes, Paul, he can't win it this year. I don't think he can steal it unless Joker doesn't play in the required sixty five games and or SGA. But after that. I know people are going to talk about Kad Cunningham and Jalen Brunson really really good players. They're they're not Victor wembin Yama. Now that doesn't mean that, you know, somebody like that couldn't come in and steal the MVP. And this would be the first year that this could happen because you have to have at least sixty five games, so you might get some you know, Jaylen Brown with Boston, you might get somebody who wins the MVP because somebody or somebody's lost the MVP. But watching Victor wemben Yama, he had to put back dunk where he had to look, he had to look out for the rim. He leaned back so as his head wouldn't hit the rim. But fascinating, you know. And oh, by the way, Joker at a triple double last night beating the Lakers. I don't know why I keep watching the Lakers and going there's going to be a different outcome here, because that Denver roster is not a great roster. It's not. But I'm watching the Lakers and they're top heavy, and Luca got another technical here, and we're going to talk to Jim Jackson, a great analyst. It just feels like the NBA is turning on Luca right now. Like we saw glimpses of him complaining before not playing defense, but he was such a magnificent offensive player. Well, now the Lakers they're on all the time, They're being discussed all the time. People weren't discussing the Dallas Mavericks all the time with Luca. Now everybody knows, Hey, you got to play the ratings game, you got to get clicks, you got to talk about the Lakers. Well, if you're talking about the Lakers, what are the positives? Okay, Lebron has more field goals made than anybody in the history of the game, passing Kareem abdul Jabbar. Okay, now what do we talk about. Here's another technical he's been complaining, whining, But more people are seeing this, therefore more people talking about this. And then it just feels like and Kendrick Perkins, who I know, is looking for clicks. But you know, even Draymond Green they said, you know, maybe Nico Harrison was correct in his assessment of Luca. Now I don't buy into that, because you still got a generational talent as a score and a guy who can give you a triple double, very good passer. He doesn't play defense and he winds, Okay, we all know that, but what he does on the offensive end. You can't give up Luca for Anthony Davis. Okay. So he could be right about Luca, but you got to get more than what you got. So you can tell me, boy, he's smart to get rid of Luca, but he wasn't smart getting Anthony Davis. He can't have it both ways there. But you're watching Luca. Every call can't be against you, like sometimes they might get a call, right and you're a star, you get more calls than other players do, and you're just watching and you're going, you're selfish, You're making this all about you. You don't get the call, get back on defense, don't sit there and whine. And if I'm a ref am, I going to acquiesce to you because you're complaining all the time. Now, I think coaches get away with this, you know, far more than players do. But the great players they did wine. They did complain all the time, and it felt like they would get extra calls in this situation, like if Draymond Green was you know, complaining. I'd go, Draymond, shut up, you get another technical. Okay, we're not doing this, Luke, I'd say the same thing. Get up, You're better than this. Play the game. Yeah, it's like, hey, oh, how can you not call that? I get it. Shaq could have complained every single time down the floor, every single time he was going to get found. But they can't call foul on every play. But Luca has got to understand be a teammate here, not an individual. And it feels like every time down the floor it's some referendum on him not getting calls. But Denver ends up with the win.

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Speaker 9: Yes, Marvin May, you see so many times when it's a four or five because Luca is already back there. Look, they're not going to change the call just because you're complaining. You got to get back on defense. And it's the NBA. An open three pointer that's a practice shot to these guys. And so the lack of defense is because you're not even back there playing defense because you're arguing with.

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Speaker 2: The ref Lebron had sixteen and with seven field goals made, he passed Kareem for the most made field goals in NBA history. All Right, we'll come up with the poll question and we got our play of the day coming up your phone. I was always welcome on this controversial meet Friday eight, seven to seven to three. DP show email address dpat Danpatrick dot com, Twitter handle a DP show coming up. I want to talk about Jason Tatum. And when I was at the Super Bowl, I ran into somebody who has always been a great source with the Celtics, and I just said, Hey, what are you thinking with Tatum? He said, well, I'm hearing from this person that Tatum will be back at the end of the month. I said, man, is that quick? So I did come on the air because I trust both of these sources that he was going to come back at the end of the month. Well, I'm a week off because he's going to be coming back tonight against the Dallas Mavericks. But I'm going to bring back what Reggie Miller had to say earlier this week and listen to what he had to say about Jason Tatum, the surgery and being able to come back this quickly.

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Speaker 10: To answer your question, and you and I've kind of talked about this when he should be back, I'm hearing as early as Friday that he's thinking about coming back. I believe they do play Dallas at home. I'm from the thinking I would like to see him come back in the playoffs, but people's like, well, he needs games under his belt. This will be a decision that he has to make. I think it's a foregone conclusion that he is coming back this year. I'm a little surprised, but I think he's been doing this, working so hard for his mental and I think he's ahead of schedule. I don't know if you've watched any of that five part documentary of you know, the quiet part of them following him around, the best thing, if there was knock on wood, the best thing. When he tore his achilles in Game five, I believe in New York that the doctor was right there, that they attached it right away, and the thinking was the body didn't even know that it had that traumatic experience. That's how quickly, within twenty four hours they had the surgery on the achilles. So that's why he is so far ahead of schedule versus a Damian Lillard or Tyrese Halliburton is because they had the surgery within twenty four hours.

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Speaker 2: He gets injured in New York and it just so happens that this specialist had an opening on his calendar the next day at three o'clock and he performed the surgery less than twenty four hours later. But if you look, Klay Thompson was out from November of twenty twenty to January of twenty twenty two, Kevin Durant June of twenty nineteen to December of twenty twenty, Tyrese Haliburton June of twenty twenty five, he's still out. And here's Jason Tatum injured in May and now coming back at the beginning of March. Pretty remarkable because Achilles surgery that seemed like that was the end of your career. We've made so much progress in medicine with surgeries with athletes, certainly with knees, with acls, even Tommy John but the Achilles that was always the man. The Achilles going to be at least a year to come back. Now making great strides here, no pun intended, but Jason Tatum will be minutes restriction coming up tonight and the Celtics have been preparing for this, putting Peyton Pritchard on the bench and having him come off as their sixth band to get ready for Tatum. Now, I would do it the other way. I'd have Tatum come off the bench. I don't want We're not winning the title in March. We could lose the title in March if I overextend Jason Tatum, because I do think the Celtics are the team to beat in the East. All Right, football news, more news coming up next week. We will try to foreshadow what that could look like. Ian Rappaport of NFL Network will join us next year, Dan Patrick Show.

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Speaker 2: Settle on a poll question more phone calls coming up. The NFL is omnipresent, as is Ian Rappaport, NFL Network Insider and Free Agent Frenzy. This is where you know, when you have a storm, like you have to label the storm. We got a free agent Frenzy coming up Monday through Wednesday, starting at ten am Eastern on NFL Network. Thanks for joining us. Ian give me the Bills side of the trade yesterday. Their strategy.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, I mean, I think for the Bills it's fairly simple. They have been trying for more than a year to acquire a big time playmaker for Josh Allen, and you needed someone you knew was going to come in contribute right away and you know, be the kind of difference maker. I think it's fair to say that the offense is probably needed. You know, you remember at the trade deadline, the Buffalo Bills were in it for Jalen Waddle, right, didn't end up doing it. I think the Dolphins were like, we don't want Jalen Moadde to beat us twice a year makes sense, So didn't end up getting that deal done. And you know, I think the Bills were in on the aj Brown deal and said, you know what this one makes sense for us, And the fact that DJ Moore at two of his best seasons with Joe Brady when the two were in Carolina probably made this fit a little easier.

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Speaker 4: So Dj Moore goes to.

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Speaker 12: The Bills, and I think, if you're the Bears, you know, I like what they did. Compensation wise, it's basically the value of a you know, third round pick three slash four, but they gave up a five and got a two.

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Speaker 4: That's a really good way to do it for Chicago.

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Speaker 2: And they'll try to replace him, IM get a guest with that draft pick or draft picks, but then now you got to replace your center as well. Yeah, with the Chicago Bears. How surprising was that for you?

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Speaker 12: You know, Dolman had been I would say, contemplating this for the last several weeks. So I think it caught you know, the public by surprise. Chicago has really known. In fact, you know, one of the ways I found out about it was Tyler Biatis, who actually is signing a three or thirty million dollar deal with the Chargers. You know, he was planning to visit Chicago, and you're sort of like, well, why would Beatis be planning to visit Chicago. He played center, they have a center, and then you sort of realize, like, what's been going on. You know, it's tough to know what goes on inside someone's head. But what I would say is, if at some point, first of all, you've made enough money, second of all, you decide you're not fully in this, you should definitely not play because football is not something that you can sort of do halfway. So you know, he I think he gave up a total of fourteen million dollars, including repaying some of his signing bonus, so capwise end up being not bad for Chicago.

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Speaker 2: The Rams Chiefs trade you can't normally get blockbusters like that in early March. How surprised were you and how would you grade this?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 12: I mean, fascinating trade and made for a unbelievable talk about Frenzy, made for an unbelievable frenzied several hours as I tried to nail this down and figure out what rumors were true. And you know, it's fun when these things happened because the principles involved in the deal, everybody goes silence. So that's kind of what happened here is you know, there's probably ten people I can call on all sides of this, and for two hours no one said a word, and you're like, either I'm crazy, possible, or this deal is definitely happening. It turned out this deal was happening. It was very fun to hit send on that one. So, you know, I would say for the Rams, the interesting sort of rumor or whatever you want to call it that I heard on the Rams. I know they have a lot of their players that are up now, Puku Nakua, Kobe Turner, a lot of really good players. What I was told was they want to get those guys done. That's important, but they're going to spend regardless. They believe you know, look, we don't know if it's Matt Stafford's last year, but it might be. They believe they have a window and they want to take advantage of it. So I was thinking in my head, like, all right, the Rams are going to load it for something. Trent mcduffy makes sense. They knew the Chiefs really like him but were never able to get to a contract for him. So whenever the contract gets done with the Rams will likely be the highest paid corner And for the Chiefs, same thing they did with the Tyreek Hill deal. Got a great player, get draft pick compensation, rebuild a part of our team with these draft picks, and keep it moving.

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Speaker 2: What's Pukin Nakua going to get.

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Speaker 4: A money a lot of money?

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Speaker 12: You know, I would you know, I would think they'll take a look at it this offseason, whether it's this offseason, next offseason. I mean, you know, he and JSN are both in the category of like, whenever they get paid, it's going to be a lot.

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Speaker 4: So you know, will they be the highest paid receiver?

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Speaker 12: Maybe, But either way, you're talking something in the thirties for super super productive pass catchers.

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Speaker 2: And I'm wondering who goes first there, because somebody's going to set the market between those two. And then yeah, I don't know, if you know, Phoka comes in after js In and goes, I'm better than him. I want thirty thirty six million dollars a year.

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Speaker 12: Well, you know, I would say generally what happens is if a guy's going to take a deal after he knows that he's probably gonna get a little more.

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Speaker 4: And if you're the guy.

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Speaker 12: That goes first, you know, if you have a good agent and both these guys have really good agents. They will say, you're going to do this deal. It's the right time, it's the right deal for you. Like, negotiations happen when they happen, So sometimes they end in April, sometimes.

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Speaker 4: They end in June.

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Speaker 12: Whenever they end, the agent's going to tell them like, look, you're probably gonna get jumped, like that's the way this works. But you do the right deal for you, and if someone comes in a little above you, that is okay.

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Speaker 2: I'm talking to Ian Rappaport NFL Network Insider their free agency coverage Monday through Wednesday next week, starting at ten am Eastern. Try to understand the Patriots. Can I connect the dots that Stefan Diggs released and then AJ Brown is certainly a possibility there.

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Speaker 12: They are connected, but not fully connected, like the Patriots releasing Stefan Diggs was a decision made not to say, like, we're only going to do this if we get AJ Brown. You know, My sense is it was sort of like the Patriots have done the last twenty years, which is, you know, cut a player loose a little before it becomes a thing, right Like, so we rather do it a year earlier than a year late. Diggs was awesome for them. It was a great signing. You know, had the off the field issues, which you know, we'll see which way those go are kind of what the fallout from that is. But obviously something as an organization they heard about and dealt with before the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 4: He's thirty three years old.

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Speaker 12: They decided cut bait there, say it was a great season and kind of move on, and then you know they're in it for a j.

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Speaker 4: Brown.

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Speaker 12: I get the sense it's real. I know there are other teams too, and then if you're the Eagles, you know, it's like I was joking around with someone. I was like, oh, is it you know, trade or bust. It's like, it's not trade or bust. It's trade or the Eagles because that is a good situation too.

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Speaker 4: And he's one of their best players.

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Speaker 12: So I think a trade could happen, But I'm not gonna say like it's definitely definitely happening, and I'm not gonna say it's definitely definitely having to the Patriots.

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Speaker 4: We'll see.

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Speaker 2: What do you expect this weekend early next week?

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Speaker 12: A lot of tweets, a lot of tweets, a lot of phone calls a lot of tweets. I think you know what generally happened is the trades happen kind of early because teams would like to know going into the week, like what do we have right like, so I would say today and tomorrow, maybe into Sunday morning. You'll probably get some more trades as teams clear space, as they you know, get rid of some veterans, as they collect draft picks, those sorts of things, and then you know, we'll probably still see some trades during free agency frenzy, but usually it's more just like very very quickly, a lot of players get a lot of money, and I expect it to be very quick.

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Speaker 2: Is the NFL still a copycat league.

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Speaker 12: As far as one team does one thing, another team says, all right, that's a good idea, we should do the same.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Like the Rams with what they do with their draft picks that they go all in nine out of the last ten years they've traded their first round pick. So I don't I don't know if they like are they the model of consistency that people would look at and say we would like to emulate.

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Speaker 11: No.

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Speaker 12: I think the Rams have been different because they've been in the window for so long. I mean they've they've been to several Super Bowls, they've won one. I think the difference with the Rams and like, you know, not everyone else, but how many teams have really been in the championship window for the for the last decade, right, I mean, Chiefs have, Ravens have, not a there's some others, but there's not you know, there's not a ton. So when they've been in their window, they've said, you know what, let's just let's just get this really good player. And I think one thing the Rams like is they will say, we'll give up, you know, the thirtieth or twenty ninth, whatever pick it is, because I think twenty nine, we'll give that up and know that we are getting a great player rather than the sixty percent chance of getting a great player with that draft pick. Like they'll take the certainty rather than the uncertainty. Some teams don't want that. Some teams will say, I'll take the lottery ticket.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 12: It's like if I say to you, I'm going to give you fifty dollars or a lottery ticket, like you'd probably be split on how many people would take each.

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Speaker 4: So I don't think it's a copycat league.

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Speaker 12: I just think the Rams generally are in the window and they will take the certainty of knowing they have a great player.

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Speaker 2: Help me understand. I've seen the headlines, and you can't always buy into a headline. But is Aaron Rodgers holding the Steelers hostage again? Or is it? You know, this predicated on the Steelers. If they want to sign Aaron, then they offer him a contract. So I'm I'm trying to figure that out. And even his appearance on McAfee didn't necessarily clear it up for me.

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Speaker 12: No, we learned a lot of other things though, learned a lot of other things, a lot about his personal life.

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Speaker 4: I was not expected, But here we are. Yeah.

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Speaker 12: I would say for him to say there's not an offer that he's considering, I think that's true. But my guess is he probably knows what the offer would be, right, Like, you get to this point in your career. He's made a lot of money, you know, I think he was last year. Yeah, whatever it was. Like, my guess is it's similar. So whether it's been offered or not, he probably knows what it is. It's just a matter of him saying, do I want to play or not. You know, my sense is it's the Steelers or no one. It's just on him to sort of make a decision and.

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Speaker 4: Let us all know.

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Speaker 12: And if you want to tell us all sorts of things about his personal life and his exercise schedule and all that, we'll probably take that as well.

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Speaker 2: The Vikings wouldn't be in the mix here.

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Speaker 4: You know, they had a chance last year and didn't do it.

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Speaker 12: I'd be surprised if they did it this year with the same exact opportunity presented.

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Speaker 2: Could you okay, then let's do the musical chairs here Kyler Murray to Malik Willis throwing Kirk Cousins. I guess if you want to sure got a feeling on any of those quarterbacks?

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Speaker 12: Yeah, I mean I would say, you know, we've talked about this. Minnesota makes a lot of sense for Kyler. He's gonna have a lot of options because he's going to make a million bucks, you know, because the Cardinals are paying all of it, just like Tua two is gonna, you know, make the minimum because it offsets into his previous deal and that's all fully guaranteed. So the previous team pays all the money and the new team gets one of the best deals in the century, you know, of the century, So Minnesota makes sense for Kyle. I think a bunch of other teams is gonna be interested in The Jets will be interested.

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Speaker 4: I mean, there's gonna be a lot of teams. I would say for Kirk Cousins, I don't get the sense.

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Speaker 12: He would play for the minimum, so his you know, hit Basically, if he gets paid more than ten, then the new team pays it, right, then he gets more money.

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Speaker 4: He's making ten no matter what from the Falcons.

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Speaker 12: So if he doesn't want to play for the minimum, then there's a chance he just waits. And he's the guy who if anyone gets injured, they go, I'll take that guy. And you know, he's made a lot of money, but he is an excellent businessman and.

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Speaker 4: He always would like more money.

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Speaker 12: So I could see Cousins hanging around and waiting a little bit. And you know, as far as too, I do think he's gonna have options of just not just not sure where he ends up landing right now.

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Speaker 2: And is mac Jones going to be available?

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Speaker 12: You know, I think everyone's available. Mac Jones is in a weird situation of he played so well last year, and brock Purdy.

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Speaker 4: Has had times where he's missed time.

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Speaker 12: So if you're the forty nine ers, like I think they would do a deal, but god, it would have to be worth it to where, like, you know, let's just let's play this out a little bit. Let's say the forty nine ers trade mac Jones somewhere for a mid round pick.

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Speaker 4: Okay, totally reasonable.

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Speaker 12: And then you know, God forbid, brock Purdy gets injured next year and they go.

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Speaker 4: Why did we just do this?

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Speaker 12: That's the fear, because if you're the forty nine ers, like, they're another team that's in their super Bowl window all the time, So it has to be something where it is worth it.

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Speaker 4: If you trade your backup.

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Speaker 2: Quarterback, yeah, I wouldn't trade him.

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Speaker 4: You wouldn't trade it.

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Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no, not this next year because there's no guarantee with brock perty staying healthy for seventeen games. And I know I have a quarterback who could be equal to him, who's the backup, And I don't know if any other team in the NFL has that luxury right now.

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Speaker 4: Right, I mean, And that's this is the problem.

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Speaker 12: And it's like when you're talking trades, You're like, all right, you know, we talked about guard so these guy's going to go for three, this guy's going to go for.

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Speaker 4: A four, et cetera.

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Speaker 12: It's like you have to know that, you know, you're giving up a guy that you might need, and that's always sort of the issue.

00:29:32
Speaker 4: This time, it's really complex and interesting.

00:29:34
Speaker 2: And Malik Willis it feels like it's Miami or Arizona, given the connections of Mike Lafloor to Matt Lafleur and then the front office going to the Dolphins.

00:29:45
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I think he's going to have more than that. You know.

00:29:48
Speaker 12: Again, like he's an interesting case because he doesn't have a lot of throws, but when he's played, he has played awesome in the biggest moments. So you're not going to sign Malik Willis and then say, what's he going to be like in the fourth quarter. You know you've seen it. It's just not a huge sample size. Like I think he's going to do really well. You know, I think those two teams make sense. But it's really like one of the more interesting free agentsies sometimes because he could come in be the franchise quarterback we all thought he was going to be in the in the draft, and you know, could be another sign where once again the whole world gives up on a quarterback too early, and then he comes in and he's Sam Darnold, you know, holding a trophy like We've seen a lot of examples of that.

00:30:30
Speaker 2: What's the next contract going to be worth for a quarterback? Like like Drake May, what's his contract in five years ninety?

00:30:41
Speaker 12: I mean I would say, first of all, probably looking at you know, you'd hope to do four years. You know, Dak Prescott's still the gold standard at sixty. I think whenever Lamar gets a deal done with the Baltimore Ravens, which you know doesn't sound imminent, but you know, you'd hope this offseason, you know, that might be the one that either sets the bar comes close. But yeah, I mean, if Dack's at sixty, I think the next round of quarterback deals you're pushing sixty or maybe more like but the caps going up.

00:31:09
Speaker 4: That's what you want, right that you want all these guys to get paid. They all deserve it.

00:31:14
Speaker 12: If you're you know, the worst problem you have is also the best, which is you got to pay your quarterback a lot of money because that means you got a guy, and that's.

00:31:20
Speaker 4: A very good thing.

00:31:21
Speaker 2: Thanks for taking time.

00:31:23
Speaker 4: Awesome, good hanging man.

00:31:24
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00:32:33
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00:33:03
Speaker 3: Well, we never really got around to a poll question, but I'm gonna go with what America wants to hear. Here's Todd's options. He's got two.

00:33:12
Speaker 2: New episode of the Toddcast available Danpatrick dot com. I'm told Todd went an hour and a half yesterday.

00:33:20
Speaker 13: Was it really that long?

00:33:22
Speaker 4: Possible?

00:33:22
Speaker 8: I didn't.

00:33:22
Speaker 6: I don't keep track of the time, been trying to keep it in the thirty forty minute ballpark, but it could have been at least an hour.

00:33:27
Speaker 2: I'm guessing that it was over an hour from sources close to me. But the todcast once again available at danpatrick dot com. All things Todd, all Todd, all the time, and Todd we trust, all right, Satan.

00:33:41
Speaker 3: And Todd we trust. That's got a ring. The DJ Moore trade will make the Bills better, the Bears better, both teams better. Neither team improved much.

00:33:50
Speaker 2: Okay, well, we don't know what the Bears will do. So it's hard to grade that they're not better today because of the trade. But but will they be m M Will that be a trade that makes them significantly better? Well, Buffalo got better, but it feels like they overpaid. But you know, if I'm Buffalo, I have to take the same strategy as the Rams. You got a window of opportunity because Mahomes is eventually gonna get healthy. Now it might be a little later into the season, but Jay Glazer said he thinks Mahomes is gonna be ready to go to start the season when he joined us yesterday. These teams in the AFC, you have a chance there's an opening here. I don't think the Patriots will be as good next year, but you've got bad teams in that division, and you know the Jets and the Dolphins, so you should be able to You know, I wouldn't be surprised if Buffalo ends up with twelve wins. Buffalo Baltimore. It comes down to what are you going to do when you get to the postseason. You know, the Chargers getting their tackles back. They got money under the cap to be able to go out and have some fun here. You know, can the Niners regroup. There's a lot of teams that my philosophy would be if you're going to be all in, now's the time to do it. Because that's what the Rams just did. The Rams are now super Bowl favorites. Now that could all go sideways if Matthew Stafford is not able to play an entire season.

00:35:25
Speaker 7: Yeah, Paulling, and you could look at the Bill's strategy and say they overpaid yesterday for a good wide receiver. But if they somehow win a Super Bowl, it all gets washed away. I went back and looked at the Jalen Ramsey trade with the Rams years ago. They gave up a ton, but after they got him, he was first team All Pro and they won the Super Bowl. No one ever would criticize that type of trade after that.

00:35:46
Speaker 2: Yeah, it washes everything away. Yes, that trade turns out to be awesome, even though it could, you know, haunt you for three years after that you win a Super Bowl. Bill's neat just get to a super Bowl. Just get there. But the window is open. And that's why I ask Ian Rapaport is the NFL still a copycat league? Because if it is, I would be modeling my team after the Rams, because they've been relevant, they won a Super Bowl, been to another super Bowl for a decade. Yes, Morvion, it.

00:36:20
Speaker 9: Feels like the Bills are out of that get there, when you get there, win it. They feel like that would be an enormous stake. But even gotten there, but when they do, it's going to be a huge disappointment. If the best quarterback in the game by many.

00:36:35
Speaker 2: Yeah, but if I said to Buffalo, if I send to Buffalo, pins, losing is always worse. Thank you, thank you, Todd. No, no, no, if you get.

00:36:46
Speaker 3: There, you want a lot of second let me get this straight.

00:36:48
Speaker 2: Are you saying, Marvin, wouldn't you like to clarify? I'm all right, okay, all right, Well your arms are still long.

00:37:02
Speaker 3: The Bills get to the super Bowl and lose, it's going to be disappointing.

00:37:06
Speaker 7: He's right, though, he's arguing that I'm only wrong.

00:37:09
Speaker 9: But I'm only going off of you said, oh they get there, now, get there's not good enough.

00:37:14
Speaker 2: If I said to Buffalo fans, you're going to get to the super Bowl and not win, or you're going to have your typical season. Are they gonna Are they going to take away a super Bowl appearance just because they don't want the pain of losing another one. Is that what you're saying, Marvin.

00:37:34
Speaker 5: They want to win. No, they want to win the Super Bowl.

00:37:36
Speaker 2: Well, of course they do. You're not doing yourself any favors. I know they want to win. I'm saying, would you sign up.

00:37:49
Speaker 5: For no, I would not sign up for super Bowl appearance?

00:37:52
Speaker 3: No.

00:37:52
Speaker 2: If you're a Buffalo fan. No, and you bow out in the second round, you don't even make it to the AFC Title Game. Or you make it to the super Bowl and you lose second round.

00:38:02
Speaker 9: Wow, already been there, been there, done that four different times.

00:38:09
Speaker 5: Oh, get to the super Bowl and lose.

00:38:11
Speaker 2: Yeah, but you got to the super Bowl. For them, you've at least made progress. You haven't gotten there.

00:38:17
Speaker 5: No progress. It's still losers, ye say to the faith.

00:38:21
Speaker 2: Yeah, say it to johnsh Allen when he joins us. Okay, you're gonna answer the phone. Hey, Josh, it's Marvin. You know it's best to go to the Super Bowl and win.

00:38:34
Speaker 3: Try not to keep disappointing your fans every year. Josh, I think this is the year you don't do it.

00:38:38
Speaker 2: Great. Yes, Marvin, No, I have anything I know you don't.

00:38:46
Speaker 7: Yes, Paul, I see what Marvin is saying that getting to the super Bowl losing.

00:38:50
Speaker 2: Okay, let's just do this now.

00:38:52
Speaker 7: I would say the opposite, like, if I'm a Bills fan, I'd rather go three, have three wins that have a collapse season and get a a great Traft pick, then get to.

00:39:01
Speaker 2: The super Bowl and lose. Well no, there's no okay, middle grade, Okay, all right, So I'm just saying, would you rather bow out in the second round of the playoffs or make it to the super Bowl and lose? If you're a Buffalo Bills fit, Marvin, you're gonna take the second round exit, right, Yes, Paul.

00:39:21
Speaker 7: I'd take the super Bowl.

00:39:22
Speaker 2: The ride is longer, Seaton.

00:39:26
Speaker 3: It can either be the super Bowl or your typical get to the super Bowl or a typical season.

00:39:31
Speaker 2: Where you just second round.

00:39:32
Speaker 3: You still you don't get to the super Bowl. But either way you're not losing the super Bowl. So your choices are either losing the super Bowl or just not even get there. That I'm taking the super Bowl, Yeah, Todd, you would sign up for I'd rather not make it at all, Marvin.

00:39:47
Speaker 2: Marvin doesn't want to go to the super Bowl and lose.

00:39:49
Speaker 3: Why in the world would you not want to go and lose over not making it at all?

00:39:53
Speaker 2: What about you, Todd?

00:39:55
Speaker 13: I just want to hang another AFC champions banner, So send me back to.

00:39:58
Speaker 5: The super Bowl.

00:40:02
Speaker 2: Is that a shot? And no, yeah, it's a little.

00:40:05
Speaker 13: Not a shot at Marvin, But I'm saying that I'd rather go to the super Bowl too, And uh, just have to take some kind of pride in the fact that it's another AFC title and not a super Bowl championship.

00:40:14
Speaker 2: Right, let me see Moe at Arizona. Welcome back, mo Man.

00:40:21
Speaker 5: But you were like, oh, they have to get there, No they don't.

00:40:24
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, it's not good enough. You have to make progress.

00:40:28
Speaker 3: So you would rather the forty nine ers not make the Super Bowl this year?

00:40:35
Speaker 5: Forty nine the Bills?

00:40:37
Speaker 2: Okay? Would you rather like the Bills? West? Would you rather get nominated for a Sports Emmy and not win or not get nominated for a Sports Emmy?

00:40:46
Speaker 5: We kind of like the Bills?

00:40:48
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, yes, what would you take?

00:40:53
Speaker 5: I'd say the nomination.

00:40:55
Speaker 3: Yes, when you get nominated a bunch and then you don't get nominated, that suck.

00:40:59
Speaker 2: Yes. If we didn't get nominated. I really bummed out.

00:41:03
Speaker 9: Wait wait, I'm going off of what you said, Like they have to get another The goal is to get to the super Bowl. The goal they're exposition to like, Oh, if they get there, it's a great season.

00:41:12
Speaker 5: No it's not.

00:41:14
Speaker 2: I need progress. I haven't seen progress. No, I will get you on the other side here, I got to get to the Sports Emmys. I want to be at the ceremony. Open bar. I opened a bar and I close the bar. Why is everybody turning on Luca? Jim Jackson will join us coming up.