# The Insiders Podcast: Minicamp Roundup + Dolphins WR Chris Johnson and 49ers FB Kyle Juszczyk Join the Insiders

An episode of [NFL: The Insiders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1543090622), 13 Jun 2026, 43 min.

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Patrick Claybon and NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport, Mike Garafolo, and Tom Pelissero go around the NFL to review the week’s mandatory minicamps. Then, Jeffri Chadiha reports on the Broncos and Dolphins wide receiver Chris Johnson and 49ers full Kyle Juszczyk join show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:07] Speaker 1: Mini camps have bound this week. Hundreds of players, so
[0:10] Speaker 1: many statements from coaches, but what do they all mean?
[0:13] Speaker 1: Our Insiders will break that down today on the show,
[0:16] Speaker 1: and the man affectionately known as Juice Check stops by.
[0:20] Speaker 1: As the Niners contend with the toughest division in football.
[0:22] Speaker 1: Kyle Euschett joins the show and adds an asterisk to
[0:25] Speaker 1: his career accomplishments. And a big part of the youth
[0:28] Speaker 1: movement in Miami is rookie Corner Chris Johnson. He tells
[0:31] Speaker 1: us about the process of learning everything all at once.
[0:34] Speaker 1: In this edition of The Insiders. He everybody, welcome to
[0:37] Speaker 1: the Insiders here on this Friday. Patrick claibound here in
[0:40] Speaker 1: the nfl LA News from along with Tom Pelsero, Ian
[0:43] Speaker 1: Rappaport and Mike Garafolo. These gentlemen, of course journalistic champions
[0:48] Speaker 1: in so many, so many different determinations as we get
[0:50] Speaker 1: into what's new today, championships in terms of rings going
[0:54] Speaker 1: to the Seattle Seahawks call outs to twelves in multiple
[0:59] Speaker 1: locations on the rings, twelve feathers, two buttons that say
[1:02] Speaker 1: twelve is one not included on the ring, shoulder chips.
[1:06] Speaker 1: Leonard Williams applying them this week.
[1:10] Speaker 2: I think I'd be lying if I said there wasn't
[1:11] Speaker 2: a little extra motivation from hearing that type of stuff.
[1:14] Speaker 2: There's a little extra like chips on our shoulder.
[1:17] Speaker 3: You know.
[1:17] Speaker 2: We just came off of a Super Bowl, you know,
[1:22] Speaker 2: winning season, and people are still you know, giving other
[1:24] Speaker 2: people favorites over us. But at the same time, like
[1:27] Speaker 2: I said, it's like, it's always about us, it's about
[1:28] Speaker 2: our process. I think that is still adding fuel to
[1:32] Speaker 2: the fire for guys. But at the same time, we're
[1:33] Speaker 2: going to stick to our process regardless of what other
[1:35] Speaker 2: people outside may think.
[1:37] Speaker 1: So and we've got these Seahawks in the respect rankings
[1:40] Speaker 1: exactly where they need to be. But they're hearing things
[1:42] Speaker 1: that are from places that are not us and don't
[1:44] Speaker 1: like it.
[1:46] Speaker 4: But Leonard Williams is not crazy though it really does seem.
[1:48] Speaker 4: Obviously everyone respects the job that Seattle did, winning the
[1:51] Speaker 4: dominant fashion that they won, but it seems we spent
[1:55] Speaker 4: most of the off season wondering if they can do
[1:57] Speaker 4: it again. While several of their key players include Ken Walker,
[2:01] Speaker 4: these Super Bowl MVP have walked away, while several of
[2:06] Speaker 4: their inter division rivals have loaded up, including most recently
[2:10] Speaker 4: the Los Angeles Rams with Miles Garrett. And yeah, I
[2:13] Speaker 4: mean it does seem like for a team that won
[2:15] Speaker 4: the Super Bowl in about as easy and dominant way
[2:18] Speaker 4: as you can, we have spent all the offseason just
[2:21] Speaker 4: kind of wondering how real it is. Now they are
[2:23] Speaker 4: going to have the opportunity very quickly to beat the
[2:26] Speaker 4: New England Patriots in the opener if that is what happens,
[2:29] Speaker 4: to kind of show us that it is real. But
[2:31] Speaker 4: because things are so challenging in the division, because so
[2:34] Speaker 4: many of the teams they play against twice a year
[2:37] Speaker 4: have spent the entire offseason doing everything they can to
[2:40] Speaker 4: get ready to beat them. In the fact that Seattle's
[2:42] Speaker 4: going to have to counteract that with players who are
[2:44] Speaker 4: young and getting better that maybe we haven't quite heard
[2:47] Speaker 4: of yet. Yeah, they're going to have to keep proving
[2:49] Speaker 4: themselves over and over again.
[2:52] Speaker 5: If you're a Seahawks fan, you want to be optimistic.
[2:54] Speaker 6: One of the reasons is that this front office, led
[2:56] Speaker 6: by GM John Schneider, has been as good at at
[3:00] Speaker 6: keeping the roster and the salary cap healthy. You mentioned
[3:03] Speaker 6: Kenneth Walker, the third he walks for a big deal
[3:05] Speaker 6: with Kansas City slide Enginearian Price is the first round
[3:08] Speaker 6: draft pick. Another great example is boy A Mafey. He's
[3:11] Speaker 6: a contributing, rotational player on last year's team, gets a
[3:15] Speaker 6: monster deal three years, sixty million dollars with the Bengals.
[3:18] Speaker 6: Concredits the Boya and his agent on working out that
[3:21] Speaker 6: type of contract. Some teams would overextend themselves say we
[3:24] Speaker 6: can't lose our guy. The Seahawks not only let him walk,
[3:27] Speaker 6: but they were prepared, They had budget, and they knew
[3:29] Speaker 6: he was probably going to be gone. In his place,
[3:31] Speaker 6: they signed Dante Fowler, the veteran, for two and a
[3:34] Speaker 6: half million up to five million dollars with incentives. All
[3:37] Speaker 6: fairness to boy A mafe followers older, but he's probably.
[3:40] Speaker 5: A better player.
[3:41] Speaker 6: And they're, oh, yeah, the money you save goes toward
[3:44] Speaker 6: retaining Derek Hall.
[3:45] Speaker 5: That's how good teams stay good.
[3:47] Speaker 7: And this team should be good for a Wildlike here's
[3:51] Speaker 7: the team that why let you go Collinsworth crazy? They
[3:54] Speaker 7: feel really good about their talent on the defensive side
[3:57] Speaker 7: of the ball, and the scheme of the defensive side
[3:59] Speaker 7: of the ball, and the scheme is changing, and the
[4:00] Speaker 7: guy that's making the calls. Mike McDonald, there isn't changing.
[4:04] Speaker 7: They feel like that was the part of the game. Look,
[4:07] Speaker 7: I think we look at a team and if there's
[4:09] Speaker 7: offensive fireworks, we say, oh, that was a Super Bowl champion.
[4:12] Speaker 5: They were complete all over football, and.
[4:14] Speaker 7: This was an offense that scored a bunch this year,
[4:16] Speaker 7: But it was more about what they were doing defensively.
[4:18] Speaker 7: And they feel really good about where they are for
[4:21] Speaker 7: the long haul, not only from a talent perspective, but
[4:23] Speaker 7: also from a scheme perspective. That's not going away, that's
[4:26] Speaker 7: not changing. They feel like maybe they didn't get enough
[4:28] Speaker 7: credit for just how good that defense was the entire season.
[4:32] Speaker 5: Now they get a chance to prove that once again
[4:33] Speaker 5: in their title defense.
[4:34] Speaker 1: Yeah, and again, all due respect applot from this program,
[4:38] Speaker 1: Lennard Williams, don't get too upset. We love the Big Cat,
[4:40] Speaker 1: We love the Seahawks. Let's go from the team that
[4:42] Speaker 1: picked last in the first round of the team that
[4:44] Speaker 1: had the number one overall pick, the Las Vegas Raiders.
[4:47] Speaker 1: The dynamic between franchise future quarterback and veteran free agent
[4:51] Speaker 1: always a fun one to watch. Kirk Cousins ask the
[4:54] Speaker 1: question about mentoring this week, and as head coach on
[4:57] Speaker 1: the concept of player mentorship as well.
[5:01] Speaker 6: I think to say I'm mentoring them as a bit
[5:03] Speaker 6: of a reach, probably more of a narrative than it
[5:04] Speaker 6: is the truth and the sense that they're pretty good players.
[5:07] Speaker 8: I would never ask anybody to be a mentor. If
[5:10] Speaker 8: you're on the roster, it's to play and to play
[5:11] Speaker 8: really well for the team. If you watch Kirk play,
[5:14] Speaker 8: you know, his last four games in Atlanta, you know
[5:16] Speaker 8: you saw, you saw what he can do. You know
[5:19] Speaker 8: he's getting healthier. He's played really good football for us
[5:22] Speaker 8: this time of year, and we're counting on him come
[5:25] Speaker 8: the season.
[5:26] Speaker 1: He has that commentary on mentorship itself. Where are we
[5:28] Speaker 1: taking from what the Raiders have to say about their
[5:30] Speaker 1: quarterbacks this week?
[5:32] Speaker 4: It is nice that Kirk Cousins decided to go the
[5:34] Speaker 4: route of honesty and transparency when it comes to the
[5:37] Speaker 4: way most veteran players in the NFL deal with really
[5:41] Speaker 4: good younger players who are coming up and trying to
[5:43] Speaker 4: take their job. This is the reality of life in
[5:46] Speaker 4: the NFL. Also, by the way, happens to the reality
[5:48] Speaker 4: of life in the Raiders quarterback room. It is not
[5:51] Speaker 4: necessarily Kirk Cousin's job to mentor the number one overall
[5:55] Speaker 4: pick for Nanda Mendoza.
[5:57] Speaker 1: Would it be nice? I guess it would be.
[5:58] Speaker 4: But also he has coaches that are actually going to
[6:01] Speaker 4: be doing the mentoring. What the Raiders want is for
[6:04] Speaker 4: Kirk Cousins to go out there and do everything he
[6:07] Speaker 4: possibly can to make sure that Fernanda Mendoza does not
[6:10] Speaker 4: see the field. For Kirk Cousins to play as well
[6:13] Speaker 4: as he possibly can, to stay healthy, to give them
[6:16] Speaker 4: a chance to win, and allow Mendoza the time necessary
[6:20] Speaker 4: for him to you know, ripen or whatever you want
[6:22] Speaker 4: to say, and get a chance to go out there
[6:24] Speaker 4: when he is ready to play. It is okay if
[6:27] Speaker 4: they are not best friends. It is okay if the
[6:30] Speaker 4: coaches do the mentorship, not the players. None of this
[6:33] Speaker 4: is Kirk Cousin's job, and I appreciate that he decided
[6:37] Speaker 4: to tell us this so we don't talk about phony narratives,
[6:39] Speaker 4: talk about real stuff, which is that Cousins right now
[6:43] Speaker 4: gives the Raiders the best chance to win.
[6:45] Speaker 1: Of course, he has some experience in the matter, having
[6:47] Speaker 1: recently been signed as a free agent. The team drafts
[6:49] Speaker 1: a first round pike at quarterback, Kirk Cousins has done
[6:53] Speaker 1: this all before. Let's go to the Jacksonville Jaguars. They
[6:56] Speaker 1: were at work this week in mini camp down and
[6:59] Speaker 1: do Vall. Several top players in attendance, including Travis Hunter,
[7:02] Speaker 1: but not yet practicing.
[7:05] Speaker 5: His head coach Liam Cohen letting us know how he's doing.
[7:09] Speaker 9: Travis, I know he ran twenty two to six this
[7:13] Speaker 9: morning outside of outside here, and you know he was
[7:19] Speaker 9: talking a lot of smack to Chris Bach and the
[7:22] Speaker 9: athletic trainers and I.
[7:23] Speaker 10: Mean, he just he's worked this tailoff.
[7:25] Speaker 9: I got to give a lot of credit to our
[7:28] Speaker 9: strength staff, athletic training, sports science. They've just kept him
[7:33] Speaker 9: not motivated, because he motivates himself, but they've kept it
[7:37] Speaker 9: creative for him. The drills, the way that they're pushing
[7:40] Speaker 9: him and challenging him, and then he goes into the
[7:44] Speaker 9: video room with each side of ball and then he's
[7:47] Speaker 9: able to get a ton of reps in there. So yeah,
[7:51] Speaker 9: watching him run around this morning hit twenty two to
[7:53] Speaker 9: six was pretty fun to watch.
[7:55] Speaker 1: They're glad to have him back. We hope to see
[7:57] Speaker 1: him back at some point Tom. We also hope to
[8:00] Speaker 1: learn what he's going to do.
[8:03] Speaker 6: That's right, Patrick. Of course, the rare both sides player.
[8:07] Speaker 6: There's been a lot of debate about exactly how they
[8:09] Speaker 6: should go about that because they're in unprecedented type of
[8:12] Speaker 6: a territory here coming out of a significant injury. It
[8:14] Speaker 6: was also notable that Liam Cohen said earlier this week
[8:17] Speaker 6: they don't know when exactly he will be full go
[8:20] Speaker 6: keep an eye on the reps for the course of
[8:22] Speaker 6: the preseason, not just in terms of how many he gets,
[8:25] Speaker 6: but where they are. It was not lost on some
[8:28] Speaker 6: observers this week that while Travis Hunter was not practicing,
[8:30] Speaker 6: he was wearing the teal jersey every day at practice.
[8:34] Speaker 6: The teal jersey is what the offensive players wear. Could
[8:37] Speaker 6: we potentially see a little bit more of him there
[8:39] Speaker 6: than people are anticipating, one of many things to watch
[8:41] Speaker 6: in Jaguars camp.
[8:42] Speaker 1: Yeah, so much to try to figure out where a
[8:45] Speaker 1: lot of these same questions we're asking before he first
[8:47] Speaker 1: stepped on the field still having them, of course, through
[8:49] Speaker 1: that very unfortunate injury. Thanks Tom checking in on the
[8:52] Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars. Let's go to Philadelphia the Eagles. They got
[8:57] Speaker 1: some help in corner. They added Reek Woolen with all
[9:01] Speaker 1: the changes the defense deal with a lot of them
[9:03] Speaker 1: as well as we're bringing Mike Garrey fourlo. There was
[9:05] Speaker 1: the departure of Red Blanket Ship, discussion of position changes
[9:09] Speaker 1: for some other pieces, and then questions about the contract
[9:12] Speaker 1: potentially for Jalen Carter. Where are we there?
[9:15] Speaker 7: You saw Jordan Davis there in those short clips that
[9:18] Speaker 7: we just showed, got paid this offseason at twenty six
[9:20] Speaker 7: million dollars per year. Jalen Carter kind of looking over saying,
[9:24] Speaker 7: all right, where's mine my turn. There was some trade
[9:28] Speaker 7: talk or speculation this offseason. From my understanding, what I
[9:31] Speaker 7: was told was the Eagles were not going to trade
[9:33] Speaker 7: Jalen Carter and that they were committed to extending him
[9:36] Speaker 7: as well. Carter's probably saying, yeah, I want to be
[9:39] Speaker 7: above that. I want to be at the top of
[9:40] Speaker 7: the market, which is into the thirties. If you go
[9:44] Speaker 7: with Chris Jones's deal with the Kansas City Chiefs, there
[9:48] Speaker 7: is the block that the two combined on. So you
[9:51] Speaker 7: want to make sure that you get both of those guys, happy, paid,
[9:54] Speaker 7: and ready to go by week one. The question is
[9:56] Speaker 7: if it's not done for Carter by the start of training,
[9:57] Speaker 7: get Willie practice hasn't been, but he's also rehabbing from
[10:01] Speaker 7: the shoulder injuries and shoulder surgeries that he had, which
[10:04] Speaker 7: gives him a little bit of cover there, doesn't help
[10:06] Speaker 7: the vic Bangio said that his shoulders were fine a
[10:08] Speaker 7: couple of weeks ago.
[10:09] Speaker 5: So we'll see how this goes. Be a holding situation,
[10:12] Speaker 5: perhaps we'll see maybe the deal gets done before that.
[10:14] Speaker 5: Eagles are trying.
[10:15] Speaker 1: Yeah, we've seen Howry Roseman get these things done a
[10:17] Speaker 1: little ahead of schedule in the past. We'll see how
[10:19] Speaker 1: that goes, and we'll hear more from our insiders as
[10:21] Speaker 1: we continue on this edition of The Insiders here on
[10:24] Speaker 1: NFL Network. A little bit of news this coming courtesy
[10:26] Speaker 1: of I in the NFL let Stefan Diggs know that
[10:29] Speaker 1: the investigation into any personal conduct policy has come to
[10:33] Speaker 1: a close. He was a found not guilty by a
[10:36] Speaker 1: jury about a month ago in Massachusetts. And Broncos linebacker
[10:42] Speaker 1: Jonathan Cooper arrested for the second time this week. Police
[10:46] Speaker 1: said they arrested the Edge for a violation of a
[10:49] Speaker 1: protection order stemming from a previous arrest, including charges of
[10:53] Speaker 1: assault on his girlfriend. One re return on The Insiders,
[11:00] Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield not has it. He doesn't have a deal
[11:03] Speaker 1: yet why his head coach says he's not too concerned
[11:06] Speaker 1: about that just yet. And one of the best, if
[11:10] Speaker 1: not the best, fullback in the NFL, joins the show.
[11:14] Speaker 1: Kyle Yuschek is standing by why he might be lobbying
[11:17] Speaker 1: for some retroactive All Pro votes coming up next on
[11:21] Speaker 1: The Insiders.
[11:33] Speaker 11: You feel about it around.
[11:49] Speaker 12: Next seventy one yarder to open it up. Now you're loose.
[11:59] Speaker 12: We got some horses in the stable.
[12:01] Speaker 13: Now come, buddy, Hey, we got some dogs in that kendle.
[12:10] Speaker 7: Horses in the stable, dogs in the kennel. Ten pro
[12:14] Speaker 7: balls on the wall on the mantle. Two all pros.
[12:18] Speaker 7: Gotta get that number up still some time for Kyle
[12:20] Speaker 7: use check over the course of his career, most pro
[12:23] Speaker 7: balls read the fine print, ladies and gentlemen, Most Pro
[12:26] Speaker 7: Bowls by a fullback all time, and at.
[12:29] Speaker 5: Least his second appearance on The Insiders.
[12:31] Speaker 7: Kyle, you check joining us right now here on the program.
[12:35] Speaker 7: If you need to spell it, it's right down there
[12:37] Speaker 7: at the bottom. Uh not on the tail end of
[12:40] Speaker 7: Mini Camp. Kyle Shanahan canceling Mini Camp as a veteran
[12:44] Speaker 7: at this point in your career.
[12:45] Speaker 5: Your reaction to that is what, man.
[12:48] Speaker 13: I love it. For me, that's fantastic. I don't need
[12:53] Speaker 13: mini camp anymore. But I think he had a good reason.
[12:57] Speaker 3: Man.
[12:57] Speaker 13: I think the team is in a really good position.
[13:00] Speaker 13: Guys are healthy, the young guys have done a really
[13:02] Speaker 13: good job since they've been there, and I just think
[13:05] Speaker 13: we're in a good spot. And I just don't think
[13:07] Speaker 13: we needed it right now.
[13:10] Speaker 4: You know, a lot of teams are kind of going
[13:12] Speaker 4: through it right now, like you mentioned, And you know,
[13:14] Speaker 4: there's been some fireworks this offseason in a way that
[13:16] Speaker 4: we don't often see. Obviously, we know the rams required
[13:20] Speaker 4: Miles Garrett, A couple other interesting moves have happened.
[13:23] Speaker 1: You know, in a generally sleepy June month.
[13:26] Speaker 4: You guys made your fireworks early with the addition of
[13:29] Speaker 4: Mike Evans and others. You got to see Mike Evans
[13:33] Speaker 4: some of the other new editions this spring.
[13:35] Speaker 13: What did you think, man, Mike has been so impressive,
[13:40] Speaker 13: and that's I feel like that's saying so much because
[13:44] Speaker 13: we were expecting so much. You know, this is a guy,
[13:47] Speaker 13: you know, we all say he's a bona fide Hall
[13:49] Speaker 13: of Famer. What was in nine or ten eleven straight
[13:52] Speaker 13: thousand yard seasons, so like, your expectations are already high,
[13:57] Speaker 13: and I feel like he's already exceeded that. He has
[14:00] Speaker 13: been unguardable at practice. Red zone has been an absolute problem,
[14:05] Speaker 13: and what a great guy, Like, what a great teammate.
[14:08] Speaker 10: I think everyone has already.
[14:10] Speaker 13: Enjoyed his presence so much, and I think he's going
[14:14] Speaker 13: to be an incredible leader for that room. And it's
[14:17] Speaker 13: hard to imagine a better edition than Mike has been
[14:19] Speaker 13: so far.
[14:21] Speaker 7: That's awesome. Love Mike, love watching Michael, love covering Mike.
[14:24] Speaker 7: Excited to see him with the forty nine ers in
[14:26] Speaker 7: that new uniform.
[14:27] Speaker 5: Look.
[14:28] Speaker 10: Kyle, you know, alluded to it.
[14:29] Speaker 7: Let's get right into it here with the rams and
[14:32] Speaker 7: the headlines that they're getting for the move that they
[14:34] Speaker 7: made there for Miles Garrett.
[14:35] Speaker 5: What they've done something.
[14:37] Speaker 7: I don't know if it's a bulletin board or if
[14:39] Speaker 7: it's a smart board these days, but he got the
[14:43] Speaker 7: Super Bowl champs in your division, and you got the
[14:45] Speaker 7: offseason champs in your division. It's got to be there
[14:49] Speaker 7: and being talked about, like, hey, ladies and gentlemen, don't
[14:51] Speaker 7: forget about.
[14:51] Speaker 13: Us, right, Yeah, absolutely, I mean we're not. There's no
[14:55] Speaker 13: easy games here out in the NFC WES for sure,
[14:58] Speaker 13: But we feel great about where teams at the fact
[15:01] Speaker 13: that we won thirteen games last season with all that
[15:03] Speaker 13: we had to deal with, I think, you know, that's
[15:06] Speaker 13: easy to forget and rightfully so. You know, the Seahawks,
[15:09] Speaker 13: they won a Super Bowl. The Rams had a great season,
[15:12] Speaker 13: and they've had some great additions in the offseason, so
[15:15] Speaker 13: I can understand why that is the case.
[15:17] Speaker 10: But I think we feel great about where we're at.
[15:20] Speaker 5: Man.
[15:20] Speaker 10: I love our squad. I think that we have only improved.
[15:25] Speaker 10: Guys are getting healthy.
[15:26] Speaker 13: You know, we had to Mike Evans and Osa on defense,
[15:29] Speaker 13: which I think both of those guys are just going
[15:31] Speaker 13: to make such an impact.
[15:33] Speaker 10: And I think we're sitting in a good spot.
[15:35] Speaker 1: Man.
[15:36] Speaker 13: If people want to forget about us, that's that's fantastic.
[15:38] Speaker 13: That's a good place to be.
[15:40] Speaker 4: Sometimes, you know, it is possible when you guys start
[15:44] Speaker 4: the twenty twenty six season, you will not be at
[15:45] Speaker 4: full strength. Status of George Kittle very much up in
[15:48] Speaker 4: the air, obviously working his way back from a torn
[15:50] Speaker 4: achilles That is your.
[15:52] Speaker 1: Partner in crime.
[15:53] Speaker 4: I know you want him healthy, but I also know
[15:56] Speaker 4: you want him back. How is he and how do
[15:58] Speaker 4: you kind of handle that part of watching your buddy
[16:02] Speaker 4: rehab and you know, wanting him back but also wanting
[16:04] Speaker 4: him to be one hundred percent.
[16:06] Speaker 10: Yeah, yeah, for sure.
[16:07] Speaker 13: I mean George looks great, you know, as he mentioned,
[16:11] Speaker 13: you know, somewhere a couple of days ago, like he
[16:13] Speaker 13: really is ahead of schedule. He was impressive just last
[16:17] Speaker 13: week seeing him running you know, zig zags, like making
[16:21] Speaker 13: cuts actually like hitting like sixteen miles per hour or
[16:25] Speaker 13: something like that.
[16:27] Speaker 10: I've been super impressed.
[16:28] Speaker 13: And you know, he's got another two months or so
[16:31] Speaker 13: to get even better, and you know, it's it's been
[16:35] Speaker 13: it's been enjoyable to watch him go through this process
[16:38] Speaker 13: because he attacks it as such a professional. He makes
[16:43] Speaker 13: it a point to no matter what we're doing, you know,
[16:46] Speaker 13: whether even when we're down in Cabo and we're celebrating
[16:48] Speaker 13: McCaffrey's birthday and we're golfing like that, guy finds the
[16:52] Speaker 13: time to rehab, whether it's early in the morning, late.
[16:54] Speaker 10: At night like that.
[16:55] Speaker 13: He's always always grinding, it's always on the back of
[16:58] Speaker 13: his mind. And I really do think he's gonna, you know,
[17:01] Speaker 13: beat some expected timetables and when he does come back,
[17:05] Speaker 13: whenever that is, I think he's going to come out
[17:08] Speaker 13: there and be the George Kittle that we all know.
[17:09] Speaker 5: In love.
[17:11] Speaker 7: Ian talked about how tight you are with George. Your
[17:14] Speaker 7: wive's tight as well. I got to see a mannequin
[17:16] Speaker 7: over your right shoulder. We got a couple of looks
[17:18] Speaker 7: in the background. Are you in Kristen's sewing room right there?
[17:21] Speaker 7: How upside are you for what she's been able to do?
[17:24] Speaker 10: Yep?
[17:24] Speaker 13: I'm in my wife's office right now, and I'm I'm
[17:27] Speaker 13: so excited about what Kristin has built. And you know,
[17:31] Speaker 13: she just named the Times one hundred most Influential People
[17:34] Speaker 13: in Sports for twenty twenty six, which, oh my gosh,
[17:38] Speaker 13: you know, just a few years ago that would be
[17:41] Speaker 13: just such a crazy notion, you know, like she wasn't,
[17:44] Speaker 13: you know, didn't grow up as a sports girl. But
[17:46] Speaker 13: she has made it her own and I'm so proud
[17:49] Speaker 13: of everything that she's built. And off Season has been
[17:52] Speaker 13: such a success, and it's continuing to build and build
[17:56] Speaker 13: and build. So hey, offseasonbrand dot com people go check.
[17:59] Speaker 5: It out there.
[18:01] Speaker 4: You go, good husband, Kyle, great job. We came into
[18:05] Speaker 4: this talking about your ten probos. You're all pros, You're
[18:08] Speaker 4: thirty five years old. You have played certainly far longer
[18:11] Speaker 4: than many have at your position, though you've always been
[18:15] Speaker 4: a little bit of an anomaly at the fullback position.
[18:18] Speaker 4: Considering what you've accomplished, considering that you were still playing
[18:21] Speaker 4: at a very high level, how is your offseason going personally?
[18:25] Speaker 10: And then how long do you want to keep doing this?
[18:28] Speaker 10: Great great questions?
[18:30] Speaker 13: And hey, in my defense on that opening about you know,
[18:33] Speaker 13: the only two All pros. About eleven years of my career,
[18:36] Speaker 13: there was no All Pro for a fullback, Okay, so.
[18:40] Speaker 10: Take it easy on that.
[18:42] Speaker 13: God man, I just I feel so good and I'm
[18:46] Speaker 13: still having so much fun.
[18:48] Speaker 10: I'm in zero pain whatsoever.
[18:50] Speaker 13: And like you said, I feel like I'm still playing
[18:52] Speaker 13: at such a high level. So I want to just
[18:55] Speaker 13: continue to do to this thing as long as I
[18:56] Speaker 13: possibly can. It's been such a great offseason, like OTAs,
[19:01] Speaker 13: We're so enjoyable, and I still feel like I'm growing.
[19:03] Speaker 13: Like I spent this whole, this whole offseason and during
[19:08] Speaker 13: OTAs and all that meeting with the tight ends, practicing
[19:11] Speaker 13: with the tight ends to just kind of continue to
[19:14] Speaker 13: build and continue to grow. Uh, and I still feel
[19:18] Speaker 13: like I'm doing that even at thirty five years old.
[19:20] Speaker 13: So I haven't put a number on when I want
[19:22] Speaker 13: to end. But as it stands right now, I'm just
[19:25] Speaker 13: going to keep going to the wheels fall off. So
[19:29] Speaker 13: here's that nowhere soon by the way, Uh, here's.
[19:32] Speaker 5: What we're gonna do.
[19:32] Speaker 7: You know how like Sachs was an official stat and
[19:35] Speaker 7: they kind of went back and added some numbers. For God,
[19:38] Speaker 7: we're going to do that for you for all pros.
[19:41] Speaker 7: Do we want to eat greedy? Like, I'll put the
[19:42] Speaker 7: number in about eight. What do you think should be
[19:44] Speaker 7: going all the way to ten?
[19:45] Speaker 13: Well, shoot, you know, there's there was there was a
[19:49] Speaker 13: couple of years where I was still making, you know,
[19:50] Speaker 13: making my name in there.
[19:51] Speaker 10: So I'll take eight. I think eight is fair.
[19:53] Speaker 5: Okay, there it is.
[19:55] Speaker 7: Eight time all pro period back Kyle us Check put
[19:59] Speaker 7: the the asterix there.
[20:00] Speaker 5: Fine, Well, we've got no problem doing that.
[20:02] Speaker 7: But that's the number that he deserves, and he deserves
[20:05] Speaker 7: all the time on the insiders that he gets. We
[20:06] Speaker 7: appreciate you, dude, Get some rest. You and Christen go
[20:09] Speaker 7: someplace nice and warm and fancy. Enjoy the next couple weeks.
[20:12] Speaker 7: We'll see in training camps soon enough. All right, thanks guys,
[20:15] Speaker 7: good talking to you.
[20:16] Speaker 1: Thank you.
[20:16] Speaker 14: Mary.
[20:18] Speaker 1: Back here on the Insiders. There's on's to do today.
[20:20] Speaker 1: Coming into the nfl LA newsroom. Start with Stefan Diggs.
[20:24] Speaker 1: The NFL closed its potential excuse me its personal conduct
[20:27] Speaker 1: review on Stefan Diggs. Comes a month after he was
[20:30] Speaker 1: found not guilty by Massachusetts jury. Diggs was released by
[20:33] Speaker 1: the Patriots in March after leading the team in receiving
[20:38] Speaker 1: and Broncos Edge police say they've arrested broncos Edge Jonathan
[20:42] Speaker 1: Cooper for a violation of a protection order, stimming from
[20:44] Speaker 1: a previous arrest that came earlier this week, including charges
[20:48] Speaker 1: of assault on his girlfriend. The Sip Bowl champions got
[20:52] Speaker 1: their rings. The rings featuring two Lombardi Trophies for the
[20:56] Speaker 1: franchise's two titles, fifty diamonds for the team winning it's
[21:00] Speaker 1: fiftieth year. One side has the player's name and number
[21:03] Speaker 1: and MOB, which is short for last year's slogan Mission
[21:08] Speaker 1: over bs. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers at mini camp this
[21:13] Speaker 1: week had to start and to stop due to a
[21:15] Speaker 1: violation of league rules with players on the ground, So
[21:19] Speaker 1: they did lose a day there. Question is in the future,
[21:22] Speaker 1: will they lose their quarterback? No contract agreement between Baker
[21:25] Speaker 1: Mayfield and the Bucks. Todd Bowles was asked whether or
[21:28] Speaker 1: not he was disappointed that Baker had not yet gotten
[21:31] Speaker 1: a contract extension.
[21:34] Speaker 15: Thinker is a true pro. I don't think there's any
[21:36] Speaker 15: disappointment whatsoever. I mean, he loves it here, We love
[21:39] Speaker 15: him here. The contract stuff takes care of himself, whether
[21:42] Speaker 15: it's the quarterback or any other position that comes up.
[21:45] Speaker 15: You know, those things get worked out over time. You
[21:47] Speaker 15: just concentrate on what we got to concentrate on on
[21:49] Speaker 15: the field. And he's been great right there.
[21:51] Speaker 1: There's no question here mine at least that you want
[21:53] Speaker 1: him to.
[21:54] Speaker 3: Be a quarterback going forward.
[21:56] Speaker 1: Absolutely no question. So the head coach in says, there's
[22:00] Speaker 1: no question there. He wants them there. He says, these
[22:03] Speaker 1: things work themselves out. How are they working to work
[22:05] Speaker 1: it out now?
[22:08] Speaker 4: Well, first of all, this does seem to have to
[22:09] Speaker 4: work out before training camp, the deadline set by Baker Mayfield.
[22:13] Speaker 4: But you're right, the most important thing here is that
[22:15] Speaker 4: both sides want to move forward together. Baker Mayfield wants
[22:18] Speaker 4: to be the starting quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
[22:20] Speaker 4: for the foreseeable future, and Bucks brass including Todd Bowles,
[22:23] Speaker 4: including gentle manager Jason.
[22:25] Speaker 1: Light want that as well.
[22:26] Speaker 4: It's really just as they set a new contract floor.
[22:30] Speaker 4: Basically for Baker Mayfield, he's been in the thirties. We
[22:33] Speaker 4: have now the market changing over the couple of years
[22:35] Speaker 4: since he signed his deal. Daniel Jones at forty four
[22:39] Speaker 4: or so, perhaps that's where the Bucks want this to end.
[22:42] Speaker 4: And then you have several quarterbacks from Josh Allen, Jordan Love, Trevor, Lawrence, Brock, Purdy, Herbert,
[22:49] Speaker 4: all of them in the fifties would make more of
[22:51] Speaker 4: a would make sense for that where Baker wants to land.
[22:55] Speaker 4: We will see if they're able to find some sort
[22:57] Speaker 4: of middle ground before training camp.
[23:00] Speaker 1: An example of how things can change over time as
[23:03] Speaker 1: we go to one of Baker Mayfield's former teams, the
[23:05] Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers, where things were a lot different for Baker
[23:08] Speaker 1: back then. The Panthers coming to terms on an agreement
[23:11] Speaker 1: with Jalen Cocher this week. A three year deal could
[23:14] Speaker 1: be worth thirty five million dollars, could go north of
[23:17] Speaker 1: forty if all the incentives are hit. Panthers head coach
[23:20] Speaker 1: Dave Canallis on guys getting their money maybe ahead of schedule.
[23:25] Speaker 16: We're all on the same page with trying to identify
[23:28] Speaker 16: guys that are Panther football players. And yes, a huge
[23:32] Speaker 16: component of that is the production on the field, and
[23:35] Speaker 16: first and foremost right, that's how the market is set
[23:37] Speaker 16: across the league. But beyond that, we want guys to
[23:42] Speaker 16: be here long term that embody what we're looking for
[23:45] Speaker 16: in terms of play style, character on and off the field.
[23:49] Speaker 16: Guys that are great teammates, Guys that take personal accountability
[23:54] Speaker 16: and responsibility for their job and are always prepared and
[23:58] Speaker 16: show up with that type of work, mentality in mindset
[24:00] Speaker 16: and the way that they practice, how hard they practice.
[24:03] Speaker 16: The guys that find their way to be available because
[24:06] Speaker 16: they take care of themselves. So we factor all those
[24:09] Speaker 16: things in, but like for the long term commitment, it's
[24:12] Speaker 16: got to be guys that we believe embody what we're
[24:14] Speaker 16: trying to build here and what we're trying to maintain
[24:17] Speaker 16: and establish as a cultural identity.
[24:21] Speaker 1: And they certainly established that belief for all of us
[24:24] Speaker 1: to see by Son and Jalen Coker this week.
[24:26] Speaker 7: One if you think Jalen Cocher's contract extension is big news.
[24:30] Speaker 5: How about this news He'll be joining the Insiders next
[24:32] Speaker 5: week Kayla Cocher.
[24:33] Speaker 7: To talk about that deal three years, thirty five million
[24:36] Speaker 7: that Ian reported on Thursday evening. This Panthers team, look,
[24:41] Speaker 7: there's talent here. There's talent at the receiver position now,
[24:45] Speaker 7: with Cocher clearly locking himself in as the number two
[24:48] Speaker 7: wide receiver on this team, ahead of Xavier le Get
[24:51] Speaker 7: whose career hasn't been quite what they hoped to this point.
[24:54] Speaker 7: There's a lot of change on the offensive line. Iky
[24:57] Speaker 7: Akuano is suffering that devastating knee injury. They do expect
[25:01] Speaker 7: that he will play this upcoming season, but there's a
[25:03] Speaker 7: lot of change there. And then Jonathan Brooks coming back
[25:05] Speaker 7: at the running back position after missing all of last year.
[25:07] Speaker 7: So this is a boomer Bus type offense. And I
[25:10] Speaker 7: know that Dave Canews feels really good about the talent
[25:12] Speaker 7: that he has across the board.
[25:14] Speaker 5: What are you gonna get from the quarterback? Right?
[25:17] Speaker 7: That's another reason that it's gonna be a little bit
[25:19] Speaker 7: up and down in a lot of people's minds.
[25:21] Speaker 5: We shall see, but there's enough here to work with.
[25:23] Speaker 1: Him.
[25:23] Speaker 5: We've seen Bryce Young play well in Spurts.
[25:25] Speaker 7: Fascinated to see the Panthers offense this upcoming season, including.
[25:28] Speaker 1: In that last loss where they came pretty close to
[25:31] Speaker 1: knocking off the Los Angeles Rams team they beat a
[25:33] Speaker 1: couple of weeks before that. They're at Bank of America Stadium.
[25:36] Speaker 1: Thanks Mike. We'll go to the Minnesota Vikings where the
[25:39] Speaker 1: quarterback battle between j J McCarthy and Kyler Murray will
[25:41] Speaker 1: be decided by Kevin O'Connell, but a guy who's definitely
[25:44] Speaker 1: invested in the outcome. Two time All Pro Justin Jefferson,
[25:47] Speaker 1: who spoke about the offense this week.
[25:51] Speaker 17: Growth is the I would say the key word is
[25:55] Speaker 17: and obviously, you know, having a new quarterback in ky Larry,
[25:59] Speaker 17: just trying to work with him, building that connection with him,
[26:01] Speaker 17: obviously working with JJ and seeing the impact and the
[26:06] Speaker 17: growth and the improvements that he has made is definitely tremendous.
[26:10] Speaker 17: So I'm seeing great work throughout everybody in this whole
[26:14] Speaker 17: entire training camp. I'm really glad to see everybody here
[26:17] Speaker 17: and working as a team and building that team camaraderie early.
[26:20] Speaker 17: So it's just great to see everybody. Great to get
[26:23] Speaker 17: in that work again and obviously carrying on this throughout
[26:27] Speaker 17: the summer.
[26:29] Speaker 1: Tom Pellisero now with us. That was five. Everybody's from
[26:32] Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson. He's not new to this. He's a pro.
[26:34] Speaker 1: Tom mentions both quarterbacks by name as well.
[26:39] Speaker 6: Kevin O'Connell has been very intentional patrick throughout the spring
[26:42] Speaker 6: of splitting everything down the middle fifty to fifty. He
[26:45] Speaker 6: wants to make sure that both of these guys, Kyler
[26:47] Speaker 6: Murray and JJ McCarthy get a fair shake.
[26:49] Speaker 5: And the fact that you have Justin Jefferson.
[26:51] Speaker 6: Saying he'll work out with both quarterbacks during the break
[26:54] Speaker 6: before training camp indicates even the most important player on
[26:56] Speaker 6: the team doesn't ultimately know where this goes.
[27:00] Speaker 5: Say this. O'Connell is not going to say anything publicly, but.
[27:03] Speaker 6: I have to imagine coming out of the spring in
[27:05] Speaker 6: mini caamp he's got a pretty good idea of what
[27:08] Speaker 6: direction this goes. I do not anticipate it's going to
[27:12] Speaker 6: take the entire preseason three games to sort it out
[27:15] Speaker 6: at some point, especially if it's Kyler who's new to
[27:17] Speaker 6: the system. You need the time on task and the
[27:20] Speaker 6: reps to get the rhythm and timing. N tempo that
[27:23] Speaker 6: makes NFL passing offenses go. But clearly they want to
[27:26] Speaker 6: at least take this into training camp and see if
[27:29] Speaker 6: this goes the direction that people believe it's going to
[27:31] Speaker 6: head it into camps.
[27:33] Speaker 1: A lot to look forward to in Minneapolis where the Vikings,
[27:37] Speaker 1: we'll have somebody starting a quarterback. We'll have to wait
[27:40] Speaker 1: and see Jared Golf there. We know he's going to
[27:42] Speaker 1: be there. Jamior Gibbs and this Lions offense. The Lions
[27:46] Speaker 1: have their mandatory mini camp coming up next week. After
[27:50] Speaker 1: some injuries, maybe some fall off in play. Dan Campbell
[27:54] Speaker 1: looking forward to what's going to be a new defensive
[27:56] Speaker 1: line in Detroit.
[27:59] Speaker 3: You know, want them look good, you know, Hutch, Look,
[28:03] Speaker 3: look we got some length.
[28:04] Speaker 15: Now.
[28:05] Speaker 3: Let me let me just step back for a minute.
[28:07] Speaker 3: I like where Wanham's at. You know, he was coming
[28:09] Speaker 3: off that injury all that and had missed a day
[28:12] Speaker 3: with us, been putting into work and so he's doing
[28:16] Speaker 3: a good job in the spring. But man, we we've
[28:18] Speaker 3: we've got some guys now, you know, between wantam and
[28:22] Speaker 3: and Turner and uh this pup Lucas. Uh obviously more
[28:29] Speaker 3: like we got some length now, we got some size
[28:31] Speaker 3: and length and athletic ability on the perimeter. You know,
[28:34] Speaker 3: Lacey is that, but he's a little bit more of
[28:36] Speaker 3: that big end, big stacked. But we're we are big,
[28:40] Speaker 3: we are long, and so you can't wait for training camp,
[28:43] Speaker 3: you know, that's that's you just can't wait. But these
[28:46] Speaker 3: guys are case. He's doing a good job with him
[28:49] Speaker 3: and they all kind of have their own little niche,
[28:52] Speaker 3: their own neck there. Uh, And just to watch them
[28:55] Speaker 3: fundamentally get a little bit better and work their craft
[28:58] Speaker 3: and then we'll see what camp looks like. You know,
[29:01] Speaker 3: it'll be good.
[29:02] Speaker 1: Let's delve into the lines a little bit more now
[29:04] Speaker 1: with Jeffrey Shia joining us on the Insiders. Good evening
[29:06] Speaker 1: to you, Jeff, as we kind of try to see
[29:09] Speaker 1: what has been a years long goal to find a
[29:12] Speaker 1: complimentary pass rusher to work with Aiden Hutchinson. How are
[29:16] Speaker 1: the Lions doing in that now?
[29:17] Speaker 18: Yeah, it feels like a career long goal with the
[29:19] Speaker 18: lines as far as trying to find help for him.
[29:21] Speaker 18: And look at some of the names that Dan Campbell
[29:24] Speaker 18: was mentioning, there are some really big guys he talked
[29:26] Speaker 18: about winning length.
[29:28] Speaker 5: DJ Wantum, a free agent who showed up his six'.
[29:30] Speaker 18: Five you look At anthony And lucas an undrafted free,
[29:33] Speaker 18: agent he's sixty. Six Peyton turner is a free agent
[29:36] Speaker 18: signee he's six six and, eight And hudgerson at sixty.
[29:39] Speaker 1: Seven a lot of size and versatility.
[29:41] Speaker 18: There what they want to have is an improved pass,
[29:43] Speaker 18: rush but also players who can defend the.
[29:45] Speaker 1: Run this is a team that was fifth.
[29:47] Speaker 18: And sacks last year and sixth and, pressures but took
[29:49] Speaker 18: way too long to get to the. Quarterback so getting
[29:51] Speaker 18: better and that end of the the defensive line is
[29:54] Speaker 18: a huge impetus for this.
[29:55] Speaker 1: Team let's go over to The Denver. Broncos now we
[29:58] Speaker 1: have a pretty good pass rush their. Own they got
[30:01] Speaker 1: some good injury recovery news this. Week they expect Bow
[30:04] Speaker 1: nicks coming off of that after the playoff win against
[30:09] Speaker 1: The Buffalo bill's ankle. Surgery they expect him to participate
[30:12] Speaker 1: in mini camp this. Week Sean payton asked this week
[30:15] Speaker 1: if they think his mobility will be hindered recovering from that.
[30:19] Speaker 1: Injury he's going to be like.
[30:24] Speaker 14: Completely clean mobility, Wise AND i understand the. Question but
[30:29] Speaker 14: he's out here like today going through two minute reps
[30:32] Speaker 14: walk through reps there won't. BE i, mean he's, young
[30:36] Speaker 14: and one of his great assets is his ability to
[30:39] Speaker 14: avoid sex and escape from the, pocket AND i don't
[30:42] Speaker 14: think you'll see that hindered at.
[30:44] Speaker 1: All, So, jeff they have a healthy Bow knicks who
[30:50] Speaker 1: is very creative back there in the. Pocket he had
[30:52] Speaker 1: options last. Year he's got even more options at. Receiver
[30:54] Speaker 1: what are they saying about that room right?
[30:56] Speaker 18: Now, Well Sean payton's really excited about his wide receiver.
[30:59] Speaker 3: Room patrick good.
[31:00] Speaker 10: REASON a lot of versatility in that.
[31:02] Speaker 18: Room you think about the addition Of Jayleen wattle and
[31:04] Speaker 18: what they'd already had With Courtland sutton And Marvin mims
[31:08] Speaker 18: And Patrick, bryant and.
[31:09] Speaker 1: So the goal here throughout the off scenon is to
[31:11] Speaker 1: have some.
[31:12] Speaker 18: Serious competitiveness within that room and he's been seeing. That
[31:15] Speaker 18: peyton's been seeing that in practices throughout the OTA's and
[31:18] Speaker 18: certainly in the mini camp coming up next.
[31:20] Speaker 1: Week and so they love.
[31:21] Speaker 18: What they see And waddle, especially and offensive Coordinator Davis
[31:24] Speaker 18: webb Called wattle a, thermostat a multiplier of player who
[31:28] Speaker 18: brings the great energy to this to this, team and
[31:30] Speaker 18: so he referenced being In buffalo With Stefan diggs thrown
[31:33] Speaker 18: up in year three.
[31:34] Speaker 5: For Josh, allen what that meant To Josh?
[31:36] Speaker 18: Allen Jalen wattle coming To denver could be the same,
[31:39] Speaker 18: thing could mean the same thing for Bo.
[31:41] Speaker 1: Nicks, jeff you mentioned their new offensive Coordinator Davis, webb
[31:46] Speaker 1: who's going to call plays With Sean payton not calling
[31:49] Speaker 1: plays for the first time since two thousand and. Six
[31:51] Speaker 1: they called him a mastermind in camp the players. Did
[31:54] Speaker 1: garabb also the thumbs up to that a mad scientist as,
[31:58] Speaker 1: well so that we'll see if that name. Stix Jeff
[32:01] Speaker 1: deda taking a look at The lions and The broncos
[32:04] Speaker 1: here on The. Insiders Thanks jeff when we come. Back
[32:07] Speaker 1: as the show, continues the Rookie Corner Chris johnson From
[32:11] Speaker 1: miami he joins us. Next dolphins figure to have one
[32:23] Speaker 1: of the youngest rosters in THE, nfl where things get
[32:26] Speaker 1: going and their young players make him. Plays this is
[32:28] Speaker 1: back During OTA's first round, Pick Chris johnson going up
[32:32] Speaker 1: and snagging this. Interception New fenn's head Coach Jeff heffley
[32:36] Speaker 1: talking about his rookie corner and what kind of player
[32:39] Speaker 1: he's been thus.
[32:39] Speaker 19: FAR i think he's sent a really nice. Job he
[32:45] Speaker 19: is very, instinctual he sees the game very. Fast he
[32:49] Speaker 19: works really hard in the meeting. Rooms he's super, athletic
[32:53] Speaker 19: has really good coverage. Ability he's been able to get
[32:56] Speaker 19: his hand on the football and we've asked him to
[33:00] Speaker 19: do a lot and he's handled it very very, well
[33:04] Speaker 19: which is WHAT i kind of told you maybe a
[33:06] Speaker 19: week or two. Ago we've thrown a lot on his
[33:08] Speaker 19: plate and he's, responded And i'm really excited to continue
[33:11] Speaker 19: to coach.
[33:11] Speaker 1: HIM i think you guys will like him a.
[33:13] Speaker 19: Lot and when you talk to, him he's got a
[33:17] Speaker 19: good energy about, him and he's. Matures he'll see. It
[33:21] Speaker 19: he's really immature for a.
[33:22] Speaker 1: Rookie And JOHN i guess now Is dolphins rookie. Corner Chris.
[33:26] Speaker 1: Johnson thanks for spending time with us here on The.
[33:27] Speaker 1: Insiders campbell all right here with, Me. CHRIS a lot
[33:30] Speaker 1: of times coaches are hesitant to give that kind of
[33:32] Speaker 1: praise early on to a. Rookie what's it like to
[33:35] Speaker 1: Hear Coach affley be so effusive in his.
[33:37] Speaker 20: Praise, yeah, man it feels great hearing that from coach Half,
[33:41] Speaker 20: man just you, know being able to come in here
[33:44] Speaker 20: and you, know do WHAT i do and be the
[33:46] Speaker 20: BEST i could be for. Him and you, know he's
[33:48] Speaker 20: been in great help with me being in the corner
[33:51] Speaker 20: room with all the other coaches and you, know it's
[33:54] Speaker 20: just been.
[33:54] Speaker 5: Great.
[33:56] Speaker 21: CHRIS i couldn't. Help but Notice halfley talking about giving you,
[33:58] Speaker 21: more allowing you to do. More i've been out there a.
[34:01] Speaker 21: Practice you're playing outside, corner slot. CORNER a lot.
[34:03] Speaker 5: Of times, rookies they like to ease them.
[34:05] Speaker 21: In can you maybe take me through what that challenge,
[34:08] Speaker 21: is adjusting THE nfl but also playing two positions as a.
[34:11] Speaker 20: Rookie, Yeah i'll definitely say it was challenging at, first
[34:15] Speaker 20: just being able to, handle you, know the low bite
[34:18] Speaker 20: of you, know learning the new defense at both. Positions
[34:20] Speaker 20: but now that we're making strides towards you, know towards,
[34:23] Speaker 20: training campus stuff like, THAT i feel like it's all
[34:25] Speaker 20: coming together and helping me understand the defense as a.
[34:27] Speaker 20: Whole so understanding what the corner is doing When i'm
[34:30] Speaker 20: at nickel and understanding you, know vice versas just helping
[34:33] Speaker 20: me be able to play, faster understand you, know when
[34:36] Speaker 20: and WHERE i might have help or there might be
[34:38] Speaker 20: voids in the.
[34:39] Speaker 1: Cover, chris looking, back because as a bigger corner, right
[34:42] Speaker 1: you've been asked to do a lot for most of your.
[34:45] Speaker 1: Career what's the biggest difference between what you were asked
[34:47] Speaker 1: to do in? College stay and co from Coach. Athlee, NOW.
[34:52] Speaker 20: I really just say the amount of details in every. Call,
[34:56] Speaker 20: obviously you, KNOW i played in a very good system in,
[34:59] Speaker 20: college but but you, know coming up to THE, nfl
[35:01] Speaker 20: just the amount of details THAT i have to understand
[35:04] Speaker 20: from the front to the linebackers to you, know the
[35:06] Speaker 20: whole back. End just being able to understand that is
[35:09] Speaker 20: definitely definitely a big jump for. Me but you KNOW
[35:12] Speaker 20: i always enjoy, learning and you, know just being able
[35:15] Speaker 20: to learn this new game transitioning into THE, Nfl.
[35:19] Speaker 21: CHRIS i love that we're getting so much detail on corner.
[35:22] Speaker 21: Play BUT i want you to take me into practice meeting.
[35:24] Speaker 21: Rooms you got a head coach that is a corner
[35:26] Speaker 21: back coach at. Heart what is that? Interaction tell me
[35:29] Speaker 21: a story of maybe how he's critiqued you or or
[35:33] Speaker 21: had some fun with.
[35:33] Speaker 5: You early in these first six weeks In.
[35:35] Speaker 10: Miami, yeah for.
[35:37] Speaker 20: Sure so right right after the team, meeting we'll go
[35:38] Speaker 20: to special teams and from there we'll go to you,
[35:41] Speaker 20: know our unit meetings where we'll first meet up as
[35:43] Speaker 20: a offensive defense and then we'll break off into.
[35:46] Speaker 10: Dbs but coach half is sitting back.
[35:48] Speaker 1: There in THE dB.
[35:49] Speaker 20: Meeting you know something funny that you know happens pretty
[35:51] Speaker 20: often is when it's a little bit of, controversy you
[35:53] Speaker 20: know how you know players should, play, sir what technique?
[35:57] Speaker 10: Is she was here and it'll be a little great.
[35:59] Speaker 20: Area but you, know with and being able to sit
[36:00] Speaker 20: in the, room that gray area is it's only there
[36:03] Speaker 20: for a short window because whatever he says, Goes so you,
[36:06] Speaker 20: know things just tend to get cleared up really. Easily
[36:08] Speaker 20: but you, KNOW i definitely enjoy having a head coach
[36:11] Speaker 20: in the back of the room just to clear things.
[36:12] Speaker 1: Up guys come into the league all the. Time some
[36:15] Speaker 1: are coming to rosters filled with. Veterans you guys are
[36:18] Speaker 1: a very young. Team, chris what were your expectations and
[36:21] Speaker 1: what's the reality ben of the start of YOUR nfl.
[36:25] Speaker 20: Career, YEAH i feel like my expectations were to come
[36:28] Speaker 20: in here and you, know we meet a lot of
[36:29] Speaker 20: people and you, know start a new, brotherhood AND i
[36:32] Speaker 20: feel like we're we're exeeding those, expectations you, know especially as.
[36:37] Speaker 10: Rookies we're all close as.
[36:38] Speaker 20: Rookies but then you know within our individual meeting, rooms
[36:40] Speaker 20: like all the corners welcome me with open, arms and
[36:43] Speaker 20: you know we're all in, there all fighting for, spots
[36:45] Speaker 20: all competing every day getting each other. Better, Man AND
[36:47] Speaker 20: i feel like you know that there's no WAY i
[36:49] Speaker 20: rather have, It.
[36:51] Speaker 21: CHRIS i want to keep it real with you because
[36:52] Speaker 21: you're a part of a big, transition a new regime,
[36:55] Speaker 21: here right and you were drafted with the pick that
[36:58] Speaker 21: they use to trade away and foundational player In Jayleen,
[37:01] Speaker 21: wattle and now you're here.
[37:03] Speaker 1: There have you thought about.
[37:04] Speaker 21: Maybe the, pressure the, expectations some would, say the privilege
[37:07] Speaker 21: that comes with you trying to be the next foundational
[37:11] Speaker 21: piece of this.
[37:11] Speaker 20: Team, Yeah i've definitely thought about. It but you, know to, me,
[37:15] Speaker 20: man nobody puts more pressure on me than. Myself so you,
[37:18] Speaker 20: know hearing a lot of the outside, noise it really
[37:20] Speaker 20: doesn't get to me Because i'm my hardest. Critique you,
[37:24] Speaker 20: KNOW i want to be a, perfectionist and you KNOW
[37:25] Speaker 20: i want to be here forever and be that foundational,
[37:27] Speaker 20: piece like you, Said SO i hold myself to those,
[37:29] Speaker 20: expectations so you, know hearing them from the media and
[37:32] Speaker 20: fans and stuff like, that you.
[37:35] Speaker 10: Know it ain't nothing That i'm not telling myself.
[37:37] Speaker 3: Already.
[37:38] Speaker 1: Chris, obviously we talked a lot about cornerback play and
[37:41] Speaker 1: you focused on learning so much about this. Defense what
[37:44] Speaker 1: are your what's been your biggest take away from watching
[37:48] Speaker 1: this new, offense especially With Malik willison in charge and running.
[37:51] Speaker 20: It, yeah, man just you, know especially transition from, college
[37:55] Speaker 20: just a lot of things are, different. Man obviously that
[37:58] Speaker 20: the skill level is a jump as far as a.
[38:00] Speaker 20: Depth you, know once two, threes fours, rotating AND i
[38:03] Speaker 20: feel like there's not a lot of drop off between
[38:05] Speaker 20: any of. Them everybody could. Play and you Know malik, Specifically,
[38:09] Speaker 20: man he's a great. Guy he was out here during kymmedi,
[38:12] Speaker 20: camp so we got to meet, him which is you,
[38:14] Speaker 20: know really being able to meet the starting, quarterback you
[38:16] Speaker 20: know when we first just.
[38:17] Speaker 10: Arrived but he's a cool. Guy we watched a finals
[38:20] Speaker 10: game in his.
[38:21] Speaker 20: Crib but, yeah just trying to bring the team, together
[38:24] Speaker 20: be connected as a.
[38:25] Speaker 21: TEAM i can't imagine the Energy chris with that finals.
[38:29] Speaker 21: Game it's been a crazy, series BUT i want to
[38:32] Speaker 21: end you with this. HERE i can't wait to see
[38:34] Speaker 21: y'all in training. CAMP i want to take you to
[38:36] Speaker 21: a potential. MATCHUP i can't wait to See devan A
[38:38] Speaker 21: chan gets into the slot he's facing.
[38:41] Speaker 1: You how do you win that?
[38:42] Speaker 5: Matchup what's your go to move against?
[38:44] Speaker 20: Him probably just getting physical in. It, man he's a
[38:48] Speaker 20: real quick, cat so, understanding you, KNOW i don't WANT
[38:51] Speaker 20: i don't want to have a lot of space in.
[38:52] Speaker 10: THERE i want to be able to take away his,
[38:55] Speaker 10: superpower which is you, know going.
[38:56] Speaker 5: To be his.
[38:56] Speaker 10: Speed but that definitely be a fun one.
[38:59] Speaker 5: Day i'll probably going to see so, Well.
[39:01] Speaker 1: Chris just in terms of analysis of what Coach athlete
[39:04] Speaker 1: said about getting a chance to meet you and fall
[39:06] Speaker 1: in love with what you do in the way you play.
[39:08] Speaker 1: Football it's. Official we're in. There can't wait for the
[39:11] Speaker 1: people down there In South florida to feel the. Same
[39:13] Speaker 1: thanks for joining us. Here it's a live look overseeing
[39:18] Speaker 1: our champions field as fans are making their way in
[39:22] Speaker 1: ahead of This World cup match coming up at six o'clock.
[39:25] Speaker 1: Night but we are previewing The World cup With Adam
[39:27] Speaker 1: rank on the. Insiders hey, man, oh thank you so.
[39:30] Speaker 5: Much.
[39:30] Speaker 22: Patrick it gives me great pleasure to kick off the
[39:32] Speaker 22: weekend here This friday by congratulating The mexican soccer team
[39:38] Speaker 22: for winning The World cup with a thrilling two nail
[39:41] Speaker 22: victory Over South africa On. Thursday, congratulations that's now.
[39:46] Speaker 1: The tournaments a. Month that that was just the. Opener
[39:49] Speaker 1: we got a long way to. GO i need you
[39:52] Speaker 1: to do your research on.
[39:53] Speaker 22: This Ok so this is going to take a month
[39:55] Speaker 22: while a sport like THE nfl determines their champion on
[40:00] Speaker 22: a single. Day, hey it's hard to trust the process
[40:03] Speaker 22: when it's longer than a single. Day but at the same,
[40:05] Speaker 22: TIME i guess it does make sense why there are
[40:07] Speaker 22: so many people milling around so far stadium right. Now and,
[40:10] Speaker 22: LOOK i know a lot OF nfl fans are going
[40:12] Speaker 22: to get into The World, club into The World, cup
[40:15] Speaker 22: but you end up being that annoying person at Your
[40:17] Speaker 22: Super bowl party who becomes an instant expert after one,
[40:21] Speaker 22: game or perhaps you're going to be that person who's, like,
[40:24] Speaker 22: Oh i'm only here to watch the. Commercials, well the
[40:26] Speaker 22: jokes on you, sports because there are no commercials During
[40:30] Speaker 22: World cup.
[40:30] Speaker 1: Matches, Right they got to drink, water they take breaks
[40:33] Speaker 1: to hydrate. Properly, YEAH i get, you all, Right, WELL
[40:36] Speaker 1: i watch On.
[40:37] Speaker 22: Telemundo they don't go to, commercials but.
[40:39] Speaker 10: Whatever.
[40:39] Speaker 22: Listen the point is is that as much as you
[40:41] Speaker 22: get upset With Taylor swift showing up at The Super
[40:44] Speaker 22: bowl or at THE Nba, finals that's exactly what you're
[40:47] Speaker 22: doing with The World cup, here commercial, breaks drinking beers
[40:51] Speaker 22: in the.
[40:51] Speaker 5: Stands these games don't even.
[40:53] Speaker 22: Start at four in the. Morning what is happening to this?
[40:56] Speaker 22: Sport but don't, Worry i'm gonna find a way right
[40:58] Speaker 22: now to help. You, look how DO i say, this
[41:00] Speaker 22: Less american at Your World cup?
[41:02] Speaker 5: Parties what you?
[41:03] Speaker 1: Do it's a, pitch not a.
[41:04] Speaker 22: Field they're wearing, boots not. Cleats and under no circumstances
[41:09] Speaker 22: are you to ever refer to or ever root For
[41:13] Speaker 22: Earling holland Likes he's not as kooky As Aaron, rodgers
[41:17] Speaker 22: still as. Bad and, remember when one of your international
[41:19] Speaker 22: buddies is sitting there making fun of you for the
[41:21] Speaker 22: lack of quality OF us, soccer remind them that THE
[41:25] Speaker 22: us has won Four World. Cups it's the, women but
[41:28] Speaker 22: still we've won Four World. Cups if you might ask,
[41:30] Speaker 22: yourself Right, now what are the US's chances to win
[41:33] Speaker 22: This World. Cup let me give you some of the.
[41:35] Speaker 22: Players now we Have, argentina they're the defending. CHAMPIONS i
[41:38] Speaker 22: don't think a straight comp is The. SEAHAWKS i think
[41:40] Speaker 22: they're a lot like The Kansas City. Chiefs Whereas messi
[41:43] Speaker 22: is the most identifiable football player in the. World he's
[41:46] Speaker 22: Got Merchant Old navy and when you think About Patrick
[41:49] Speaker 22: mahomes being the face of thank yourself for the for
[41:54] Speaker 22: The chiefs there, Anyway, anyways let's go To. France france
[41:57] Speaker 22: is a very good football. Team they're like the L A.
[42:00] Speaker 22: Rams they've got stars on both sides of the. Field
[42:03] Speaker 22: you got Uh In, bape you Got William. Saliba and
[42:06] Speaker 22: what about THE. Us THE us they're kind of Like
[42:09] Speaker 22: Centennial High school In, Corona. California they're great at what
[42:12] Speaker 22: they do when they're playing in their own little, pool
[42:14] Speaker 22: in The Coffee cup or anything like.
[42:16] Speaker 10: That they're.
[42:16] Speaker 22: Amazing when they get on the world, stage not so.
[42:19] Speaker 22: Much AND i know you're probably sitting there, like, well
[42:20] Speaker 22: don't you just compare them to The? Bears, well you know,
[42:22] Speaker 22: what much like The. Bears i'm delusional enough to think
[42:26] Speaker 22: that THE us has a chance in this.
[42:27] Speaker 1: Thing as a matter of.
[42:28] Speaker 22: FACT i go over this in great detail in the
[42:31] Speaker 22: latest edition of The Sick.
[42:32] Speaker 1: Podcast without a we can't promote the. Podcast i'm already
[42:36] Speaker 1: writing an apology letter To Old, navy so we just
[42:39] Speaker 1: got to stop right here and just leave it at.
[42:41] Speaker 1: That thank you for educating the football masses on football
[42:46] Speaker 1: outside of what's just being Called Los Angeles stadium for this.
[42:50] Speaker 5: Week at The World cup kind of what it.
[42:52] Speaker 1: Is names are fun.
[42:54] Speaker 2: FOR.
[42:58] Speaker 11: I.
[42:58] Speaker 5: BELIEVE i believe that way

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