# The Insiders Podcast: Eagles OC Comments on Jalen Hurts, Matthew Stafford’s Extension, and Chiefs Guard Trey Smith III Joins the Insiders

An episode of [NFL: The Insiders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1543090622), 23 May 2026, 43 min.

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NFL Network Insiders Tom Pelissero, Ian Rapoport, and Mike Garafolo discuss what Eagles offensive coordinator Sean Mannion thinks about quarterback Jalen Hurts and what the Rams’ extension of Matthew Stafford really means. Plus, Cam Wolfe shares three teams that could play themselves into playoff contention in 2026, Jeffri Chadiha presents his “way too early” predictions for the upcoming season, and Chiefs guard Trey Smith III joins the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:07] Speaker 1: The NFL season is one hundred and nine days away,
[0:11] Speaker 1: but our eyes are already on September. Cameron Wolf will
[0:14] Speaker 1: be here tonight to discuss the teams that have positioned
[0:17] Speaker 1: themselves to become true contenders in twenty twenty six. We'll
[0:21] Speaker 1: also welcome in Jeffrey Chediah, who has some way too
[0:25] Speaker 1: early predictions about the season, including a bold call on
[0:29] Speaker 1: a big year for the winner of the Vikings Quarterback Battle.
[0:32] Speaker 1: There is no QB battle in Kansas City, but there
[0:35] Speaker 1: is a team motivated to get back on top. Pro
[0:38] Speaker 1: Bowl Guard Tray Smith joins us tonight to talk about
[0:41] Speaker 1: the return of Patrick Mahomes, a long off season, and
[0:44] Speaker 1: a whole lot more. Welcome inside with the Insiders alongside
[0:49] Speaker 1: Ian Rappaport and Mike Garrafolo.
[0:51] Speaker 2: I am Tom Pellisero.
[0:53] Speaker 1: Thank you to all of you who are watching us
[0:56] Speaker 1: from bars and boats as you get a jumpstart on
[0:59] Speaker 1: the holiday weekend. We love you, we appreciate you, and
[1:03] Speaker 1: we're gonna give you all we got for the next
[1:04] Speaker 1: sixty minutes until we join you. We start out tonight
[1:07] Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, where Jalen Hurts has a new offense and
[1:11] Speaker 1: a new coordinator in thirty four year old Sean Manion,
[1:14] Speaker 1: soal Rai's questions about how well the former Super Bowl
[1:17] Speaker 1: MVP will fit into the system a concern Manion did
[1:21] Speaker 1: not sound all that concerned about with reporters this week.
[1:25] Speaker 3: Jalen's been awesome. You know, I really think he can
[1:29] Speaker 3: do anything we ask of him. He's accurate, he's a
[1:31] Speaker 3: great athlete. He really attacks the fundamentals. That's what's been
[1:35] Speaker 3: really fun to watch these last two weeks of Phase two.
[1:38] Speaker 3: He's always coming wanting more things to work on, wanting
[1:41] Speaker 3: more things regarding fundamentals, timing, understanding the scheme.
[1:46] Speaker 4: He's hungry for more and that.
[1:47] Speaker 3: Those are the guys that are really fun to work
[1:49] Speaker 3: with in terms of skill set though. He has great
[1:51] Speaker 3: arm strength, great accuracy, obviously a tremendous athlete, and he
[1:54] Speaker 3: really attacks the game. He has a great process in
[1:57] Speaker 3: the meetings. He always asks really really thought o questions.
[2:01] Speaker 3: He's detailed and at taxes fundamentals. You know, he's always
[2:04] Speaker 3: a guy who stays after practice and is working on things.
[2:07] Speaker 4: That those are the guys you love to work with.
[2:10] Speaker 1: The tools are not in dispute here, Mike, but it's
[2:13] Speaker 1: also not in dispute that this is a vast shift
[2:16] Speaker 1: for Jalen Hurts and won a Super Bowl plan a
[2:18] Speaker 1: completely different style of offense to one that we've seen
[2:20] Speaker 1: when Sean Mannion was a player as a backup quarterback
[2:23] Speaker 1: in places like with the Rams and with the Vikings.
[2:25] Speaker 1: How do you knowing that organization as well as you
[2:28] Speaker 1: do envision him fitting into what.
[2:31] Speaker 2: They're trying to do.
[2:31] Speaker 5: Now. This is the opposite of what we saw from
[2:34] Speaker 5: the Eagles last year. Up until the final call against
[2:37] Speaker 5: the forty nine Ers. It was give Jalen Hurts things
[2:40] Speaker 5: that he's comfortable with, that we believe that he can do.
[2:42] Speaker 2: That he's shown that he can do. This is now,
[2:45] Speaker 2: and this is coming from up top. This is coming.
[2:47] Speaker 5: From all the way to ownership, because Jeffrey Loriie is
[2:49] Speaker 5: a fan of the Shanahan style of offense. And now
[2:52] Speaker 5: they're dipping into that tree here and saying, well, if
[2:56] Speaker 5: it doesn't work for you, Jalen Hurts, then maybe we'll
[2:58] Speaker 5: make a decision down the line about who our quarterback
[3:02] Speaker 5: is going to be.
[3:02] Speaker 2: But in the meantime, we believe that you can do this.
[3:04] Speaker 5: And you heard it from man in there saying that
[3:06] Speaker 5: he can do everything that they throw at at him,
[3:08] Speaker 5: and they believe in his skill set. So this is
[3:11] Speaker 5: gonna be very different from what we've seen the Eagles
[3:15] Speaker 5: throw it Hurts, and that could be a good thing, right,
[3:17] Speaker 5: I mean early in the season, there's gonna be a
[3:19] Speaker 5: lot of unscouted stuff that other teams will have not seen.
[3:22] Speaker 5: I mean, we're going to be, you know, tabulating every
[3:25] Speaker 5: throw during training camp and during the preseason, although given
[3:29] Speaker 5: Nick Sirianni's propensed to not play the starters, maybe we
[3:32] Speaker 5: won't even see him.
[3:32] Speaker 2: In the preseason.
[3:33] Speaker 5: So early in the season this is gonna be a
[3:35] Speaker 5: lot different, not just for Hurts before.
[3:36] Speaker 2: The defenses that he's facing.
[3:38] Speaker 5: It's gonna be a fascinating storyline to follow throughout the season.
[3:41] Speaker 5: But this is in the minds of the Eagles a
[3:43] Speaker 5: shift for them organizationally, ian philosophically toward an offense that
[3:48] Speaker 5: the owner likes, that the front office likes, and that
[3:50] Speaker 5: they want to see now.
[3:51] Speaker 4: In the field.
[3:53] Speaker 6: Yeah, and that makes a lot of sense, because you know,
[3:55] Speaker 6: whether or not the quarterback likes the offense obviously is important,
[3:58] Speaker 6: but really what you want to do is create assist
[4:00] Speaker 6: him that benefits everyone and you know, you mentioned the
[4:04] Speaker 6: potential quarterback decisions that the Philadelphia Eagles face.
[4:06] Speaker 4: Down the road.
[4:07] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[4:07] Speaker 7: I think it's fair to say it's a really big
[4:09] Speaker 7: year for Jalen Hurts.
[4:10] Speaker 6: After this year, he is out of guaranteed money, that
[4:12] Speaker 6: huge contract that he's signed several years ago becomes i
[4:16] Speaker 6: would say, a little more year by year, and the
[4:18] Speaker 6: Philadelphia Eagles, considering the overall talent on the roster, considering
[4:22] Speaker 6: the unbelievable expectations of the fan base, if they do
[4:26] Speaker 6: not believe at the end of this year that Jalen
[4:28] Speaker 6: Hurts is the only person that can get them to
[4:30] Speaker 6: the Super Bowl and to win it, then they will
[4:33] Speaker 6: have some decisions make. So really, what it seems they've
[4:35] Speaker 6: done is say we're going to go find the best
[4:37] Speaker 6: offense we can best offense no matter what, and say
[4:41] Speaker 6: does our quarterback fit into this offense or not he
[4:43] Speaker 6: is certainly after the kind of year and the criticism
[4:47] Speaker 6: and everything that Jalen Hurts got last year, certainly seems
[4:50] Speaker 6: like this should be something where he would dive into
[4:52] Speaker 6: invest into try to be the best player he could.
[4:55] Speaker 6: And if you get to the end of the year,
[4:57] Speaker 6: Tom and everything is great and they're winning, and he
[5:00] Speaker 6: gets brought back into the year's probably get another extension anyway, huge,
[5:04] Speaker 6: huge year coming for Jalen Hurts and this offense.
[5:09] Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts currently signed through twenty twenty eighties do fifty
[5:12] Speaker 1: one point five million dollars this season, the same number
[5:14] Speaker 1: next season.
[5:15] Speaker 2: Only twenty two.
[5:16] Speaker 1: Million dollars fully guaranteed as of now in twenty twenty seven.
[5:19] Speaker 2: As we saw this past offseason.
[5:21] Speaker 1: Guaranteed money does not necessarily prevent teams from moving on
[5:24] Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. But this is still a guy
[5:26] Speaker 1: who's the Super Bowl MVP sixteen months ago. A fascinating
[5:30] Speaker 1: few months ahead in Philadelphia. That also includes for the
[5:33] Speaker 1: future of AJ Brown, the wide receiver who has been
[5:36] Speaker 1: the subject of substantial trade talks and speculation throughout the
[5:40] Speaker 1: course of the entire offseason, in part, frankly because of
[5:43] Speaker 1: exchanges like this on the sideline with Jalen Hurts, among others.
[5:47] Speaker 1: We know this as of June first, which is just
[5:50] Speaker 1: ten days away. Ian the cap complications of trade and
[5:56] Speaker 1: AJ Brown dip substantially. Here Where do we stand right
[5:59] Speaker 1: now of potentially AJ Brown having a new home in
[6:02] Speaker 1: twenty twenty.
[6:03] Speaker 6: Six Now it certainly seems like right now we're still
[6:06] Speaker 6: in a little bit of a waiting period between the
[6:08] Speaker 6: Philadelphie Eagles and the New England Patriots, And of course
[6:11] Speaker 6: should be reiterated that the Patriots seem as of now
[6:14] Speaker 6: like the most likely destination for aj Brown to have
[6:18] Speaker 6: Mike Vrabel. They have a team that has certainly had
[6:20] Speaker 6: plenty of talks with the Philadelphia Eagles over aj Brown,
[6:24] Speaker 6: and the other team that was probably most interested that
[6:26] Speaker 6: Brown wanted to go to, the Los Angeles Rams, are
[6:29] Speaker 6: really no longer in the mix.
[6:31] Speaker 7: It just remains to be.
[6:32] Speaker 6: Seen when they can get to a point where they're
[6:36] Speaker 6: at a good place with the compensation right. Obviously, the
[6:38] Speaker 6: Philadelphi Egos are going to want a first round pick
[6:40] Speaker 6: from twenty twenty seven, which realistically was what they've wanted
[6:44] Speaker 6: all along. The Patriots would like to pay less. And
[6:47] Speaker 6: so you say, well, okay, well, the Egles obviously.
[6:49] Speaker 4: Have to get rid of them.
[6:50] Speaker 6: Maybe they do, Maybe they do plan to get rid
[6:53] Speaker 6: of them, but doesn't have to be right now. The
[6:55] Speaker 6: Patriots would like to have them, but that doesn't have
[6:58] Speaker 6: to be right now. Once you get past June first,
[7:01] Speaker 6: the window is basically open.
[7:02] Speaker 7: For whenever these two sides can get to a deal.
[7:05] Speaker 6: I don't get the censors any sort of like secret
[7:07] Speaker 6: deal where they hit the button and say, okay go.
[7:10] Speaker 7: They're gonna have to negotiate.
[7:11] Speaker 6: They're gonna have to figure out a middle ground to
[7:13] Speaker 6: get AJ Brown from the Eagles to the New England Patriots.
[7:17] Speaker 6: Until then, as Howie Rosemand likes to say, he's still
[7:20] Speaker 6: a member.
[7:20] Speaker 5: Of the Eagles, Yeah, I mean maybe there is, but
[7:24] Speaker 5: you just said it.
[7:25] Speaker 2: I'm going to say it as well.
[7:26] Speaker 5: I don't think there's an envelope stash somewhere that says
[7:28] Speaker 5: do not open till June first, with the terms of
[7:31] Speaker 5: the trade written down and agreed to by both sides.
[7:34] Speaker 5: Here by both sides, I mean the Patriots, because that's
[7:36] Speaker 5: the most likely destination for AJ Brown. This one's gotta
[7:40] Speaker 5: be renegotiated. This one's got to be opened up again,
[7:43] Speaker 5: not just in New England but to the entire NFL.
[7:47] Speaker 5: And you're right about the Patriots reluctance to go where
[7:50] Speaker 5: the Rams at one point seemingly we're willing to go.
[7:53] Speaker 2: I mean that one was closer to getting done.
[7:55] Speaker 5: Than the deal with New England and the appeal for
[7:58] Speaker 5: Howie Roseman to New England was to get him out
[8:00] Speaker 5: of the conference. You send them to the Rams, You're
[8:03] Speaker 5: gonna see him in the NFC. You're gonna see him
[8:04] Speaker 5: during the regular season. I think it's Week four they
[8:06] Speaker 5: play the Rams, and then potentially again in the postseason.
[8:09] Speaker 5: You'd prefer to have to only wait to see him
[8:11] Speaker 5: in the Super Bowl if he went to New England.
[8:13] Speaker 5: So that's going to be a part of it and
[8:15] Speaker 5: a part of this process as well. And you're right
[8:18] Speaker 5: Ian about it being a window. It's not like come
[8:20] Speaker 5: June first or June second, we expect this thing to
[8:22] Speaker 5: get done. I think that window leads up to the
[8:25] Speaker 5: start of training camp because that's potentially a pressure point
[8:28] Speaker 5: where if it's the Patriots or whoever, they're gonna say, hey,
[8:31] Speaker 5: we want them in the fold now before we enter
[8:33] Speaker 5: training camp, and the Eagles are going to say we
[8:34] Speaker 5: want to turn the page before we get to training camp.
[8:37] Speaker 5: One other thing regarding the Eagles we saw we heard
[8:39] Speaker 5: from Sean mannon a defensive coordinator. Vic Fangio also smoke
[8:44] Speaker 5: to the media the other day and said that he
[8:47] Speaker 5: was not close to retirement and that he sort of
[8:50] Speaker 5: goes through that process every single year the last couple
[8:53] Speaker 5: of years. Half of that statement is unequivocally true. And
[8:56] Speaker 5: that's the back half of the stage, the front part
[8:59] Speaker 5: of it. I can't Ian's face right now. I would
[9:01] Speaker 5: love to, because we do believe that at one point
[9:04] Speaker 5: he was close to retiring, but he says, not only
[9:07] Speaker 5: am I good for this year, I'm good for two years,
[9:10] Speaker 5: because Nick sometimes will turn this into new.
[9:12] Speaker 2: Deals, right like, and that's what happened again on this one.
[9:16] Speaker 1: Let's save that quote in that topic bar for February,
[9:18] Speaker 1: when we're once again talking about the future of Vic Fangil,
[9:21] Speaker 1: we are not talking about the future of Matthew Stafford.
[9:24] Speaker 1: The Rams announced on Thursday they've agreed to terms with
[9:27] Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford on a one year, fifty five million dollar
[9:30] Speaker 1: contract extension. Stafford now signed for two more seasons through
[9:34] Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven. But this is really a continuation of
[9:37] Speaker 1: the year to year approach that's been taken by the Rams,
[9:39] Speaker 1: who gave Stafford a raise the past two off seasons. Well,
[9:42] Speaker 1: we don't have the full details on the contract. Yeah,
[9:44] Speaker 1: my understanding is this extension adds some incentives for Stafford
[9:48] Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six, which was the last year on
[9:50] Speaker 1: his prior deal. I Meanwhile, the Rams avoid a season
[9:53] Speaker 1: of speculation about the raining NFL MVP's future and a
[9:56] Speaker 1: ticking time bomb scenario of his contract voiding next February,
[10:00] Speaker 1: accelerating a loaded dead money onto their caps. So now
[10:04] Speaker 1: Stafford can earn some extra money this season, besides have
[10:07] Speaker 1: more time to navigate the plan for twenty twenty seven,
[10:10] Speaker 1: all of which only strengthens the notion ian that it
[10:13] Speaker 1: is going to be a while until we see first
[10:15] Speaker 1: round pick Ty Simpson in this opportunity in LA.
[10:19] Speaker 7: Yeah, and that.
[10:19] Speaker 6: Really is now the most interesting to me conversations surrounding
[10:22] Speaker 6: the Los Angeles Rams. It's like, why did they take
[10:25] Speaker 6: ty Simpson number thirteen, which some people in the league,
[10:29] Speaker 6: not everyone, but some people thought was a little earlier.
[10:31] Speaker 7: Then we all imagine, why would they take him?
[10:34] Speaker 6: If Matthew Stafford is going to play two more years
[10:37] Speaker 6: or maybe beyond, they could have just gotten any weapon.
[10:40] Speaker 6: Here would be the argument for the Rams to take
[10:43] Speaker 6: Ty Simpson and why? Based on the conversations I've had
[10:46] Speaker 6: there as of right now, firmly.
[10:48] Speaker 7: Of the belief that this was the right move.
[10:50] Speaker 6: First of all, when they traded the first round pick
[10:52] Speaker 6: for Trent mcduffey ero in the offseason, that basically gave
[10:55] Speaker 6: up some of the AMMO that they had to go
[10:58] Speaker 6: get a other quarterback somewhere else, right, so the only
[11:00] Speaker 6: first round draft pick they had was number thirteen. The
[11:03] Speaker 6: Rams are good, and they're going to be good year
[11:06] Speaker 6: after year, especially if Matthew Stafford continues to play like
[11:09] Speaker 6: the MVP he is. The only chance they're going to
[11:12] Speaker 6: have to get a quarterback early in the draft is
[11:14] Speaker 6: basically this year. So here's the argument. Take him right
[11:17] Speaker 6: now and then don't worry about anything else. Stafford plays.
[11:20] Speaker 6: As long as he plays, We've seen this work in
[11:22] Speaker 6: Green Bay in other places. Let's say Stafford plays three
[11:25] Speaker 6: more years. Okay, fine, then you still have a franchise
[11:28] Speaker 6: quarterback who's learned from some of the best, from one
[11:29] Speaker 6: of the best coaches, one of the best quarterbacks for
[11:31] Speaker 6: the receivable future, because you wouldn't have an opportunity to
[11:34] Speaker 6: get this kind of talent elsewhere. Ty Simpson will sit
[11:38] Speaker 6: and that is okay because long term, mic the argument
[11:42] Speaker 6: is this was the best for the Rams.
[11:44] Speaker 5: The early read of the ty Simpson timeline is that
[11:48] Speaker 5: nobody really can give you that read right now, not
[11:50] Speaker 5: including Sean McVay or Matthew Stafford or less sneed because
[11:54] Speaker 5: how does this season play out for Matthew Stafford? I mean,
[11:57] Speaker 5: if the Rams go to Super Bowl, he wins this
[11:59] Speaker 5: Super Bowl super Bowl MVP, and he goes, you know what,
[12:02] Speaker 5: that was great? All Right, I'm out of here, see
[12:04] Speaker 5: you later. Or it's another season sort of like this
[12:07] Speaker 5: last one where it's like, ah, man, we were so close.
[12:10] Speaker 5: If I run it back, we could do it again.
[12:12] Speaker 5: How does he feel after this year? It's the guy
[12:14] Speaker 5: that's dealt with arm and back stuff with the Rams
[12:17] Speaker 5: for the last couple of years here, that's going to
[12:20] Speaker 5: be a factor in this one as well. He knows
[12:22] Speaker 5: he's still got high level football left. The Rams. No,
[12:26] Speaker 5: he's still got high football left. That's a big part
[12:27] Speaker 5: of this deal and a part of their excitement for
[12:29] Speaker 5: why or for when he decided to come back. So
[12:32] Speaker 5: this is TBD on Simpson and the Rams are sort
[12:36] Speaker 5: of okay with that and now understood that that was going
[12:38] Speaker 5: to be the case when they made the decision to
[12:39] Speaker 5: take him this year.
[12:41] Speaker 1: Reminder, Ty Simpson basically sat his first three years at
[12:45] Speaker 1: Alabama one year starter last season and now potentially sitting
[12:49] Speaker 1: for quite a while before his opportunity comes in the NFL.
[12:53] Speaker 1: Other news within the NFL today, and this is bad
[12:55] Speaker 1: news for the New York Giants. Roy Robertson Harris, the
[12:58] Speaker 1: veteran defensive i'man suffering a torn achilles. He is going
[13:03] Speaker 1: to be out for the twenty twenty six season. Robertson
[13:06] Speaker 1: Harris has played a lot of quality football over the years,
[13:09] Speaker 1: including in Jacksonville. Giants had a DJ Reiders Shelby Harris
[13:13] Speaker 1: among others in the offseason. Also trade away that guy
[13:16] Speaker 1: to Cincinnati. Now another hole to fill up front on
[13:20] Speaker 1: that defense. I was not the only Giants news. Just
[13:23] Speaker 1: minutes ago, Jackson Dart talking to a one time perspective
[13:28] Speaker 1: NFL owner. That's President Donald J.
[13:29] Speaker 2: Trump.
[13:30] Speaker 1: Jackson Dart introducing Trump before a New York rally tonight.
[13:35] Speaker 1: Lots to come tonight on the Insiders, including a look
[13:39] Speaker 1: at some teams the camon Wolf believes has set themselves
[13:42] Speaker 1: up to become true contenders.
[13:44] Speaker 2: In twenty twenty six. You won't want to miss that,
[13:47] Speaker 2: and you won't want to miss this.
[13:48] Speaker 1: Trey Smith, two time Pro Bowl guard by the Kansas
[13:51] Speaker 1: City Chiefs, one of the most fascinating men in the NFL.
[13:54] Speaker 1: What does he say is going on in the building
[13:56] Speaker 1: right now? In case he we'll ask him Tray Smith,
[13:59] Speaker 1: what's next? On the Insiders, they look at the chief
[14:09] Speaker 1: schedule as they try to get back to doing what
[14:12] Speaker 1: the Chiefs do, deep playoff runs, AFC championships and Super Bowls.
[14:17] Speaker 1: It all starts out on Monday Night Football Week one
[14:21] Speaker 1: against the Broncos. One of the stars of that team,
[14:23] Speaker 1: Trey Smith, two time Pro Bowl guard, two time Super
[14:26] Speaker 1: Bowl champ, joining us right now here on the Insiders
[14:30] Speaker 1: trade this is the longest offseason of your NFL career.
[14:33] Speaker 2: Now that you're back to work, how we do it
[14:36] Speaker 2: in the building right now?
[14:37] Speaker 4: Yeah, it's great.
[14:38] Speaker 8: It's greatly back in the building, back with the guys
[14:40] Speaker 8: going to work, you know, getting back and flow and rhythm,
[14:43] Speaker 8: not on the offensively but defensively as well, and you know,
[14:46] Speaker 8: just rising up to the challenge. We know we have
[14:48] Speaker 8: a lot of work to do. Last season wasn't our
[14:51] Speaker 8: goal in mind, but you know we at the end
[14:53] Speaker 8: of the day, we understand what we need to do
[14:55] Speaker 8: to build and be better.
[14:57] Speaker 9: What did you do with this very usually long off season.
[15:01] Speaker 9: What were you doing with yourself to keep yourself busy.
[15:04] Speaker 8: Yeah, it's a vacation, a lot of vacations, but ultimately,
[15:07] Speaker 8: you know, just trying to get my body back healthy.
[15:10] Speaker 8: I felt like I missed way too much time last year.
[15:12] Speaker 8: It's not really indicative to me as a player, So
[15:14] Speaker 8: just trying to make sure I'm putting myself in a
[15:16] Speaker 8: position where I can play a full season, that I
[15:18] Speaker 8: can really go out there and help my team. I
[15:20] Speaker 8: never want to feel like I'm leaving my teammates out
[15:22] Speaker 8: there to battle and war. I want to be a
[15:24] Speaker 8: part of it. So for me, it was more so
[15:26] Speaker 8: self reflection of how can I be a better version
[15:28] Speaker 8: of tracement for the team in this organization and what
[15:31] Speaker 8: can I identify and do to make sure my body's
[15:33] Speaker 8: ready to go to and during another NFL season.
[15:36] Speaker 1: You mentioned it, you had the ankle injuries, You had
[15:38] Speaker 1: a lot of different stuff going on. That's a challenge,
[15:41] Speaker 1: there's no excuses, but it's a lot to be able
[15:43] Speaker 1: to try to work through. And you weren't the only
[15:45] Speaker 1: one on that Chiefs team. When you take a step
[15:47] Speaker 1: back and not just saying about twenty twenty five, but
[15:49] Speaker 1: where you guys are going in twenty twenty six, what
[15:52] Speaker 1: if anything, any point to these reasons for the optimism that, Okay,
[15:55] Speaker 1: last year was the outlier, We're going to be the
[15:57] Speaker 1: chiefs here.
[15:58] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[15:59] Speaker 8: I think you look at even our greatest moments, you know,
[16:01] Speaker 8: having two back to back super Bowl runs, you know,
[16:03] Speaker 8: going to a third super Bowl consecutively. You know, those
[16:06] Speaker 8: are long, strenuous years and seasons that add up together.
[16:09] Speaker 4: But at the end of the day, you know, after
[16:11] Speaker 4: we won a super.
[16:12] Speaker 8: Bowl, it's a new year. No one cares what you
[16:14] Speaker 8: did in the previous season. Every year presents a new opportunity,
[16:17] Speaker 8: a new ability to be better at what you were
[16:19] Speaker 8: last year, a new time to represent. It's a new
[16:21] Speaker 8: team every single year you step on that field. So
[16:23] Speaker 8: for us, you know, it's always exciting, It's always going
[16:26] Speaker 8: to be a challenge, and at the end of the day,
[16:27] Speaker 8: it's self reflect answer competitor. You always get better. You're
[16:30] Speaker 8: always looking to be better in some form and fashion
[16:32] Speaker 8: in your game.
[16:35] Speaker 9: Obviously, one of the injuries was to your quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
[16:39] Speaker 9: We've seen him around on tape throwing the ball. Andy
[16:42] Speaker 9: Read told us last week that if he could he
[16:45] Speaker 9: would probably play right now if they let him make
[16:47] Speaker 9: the decision. How are things around the building and what
[16:50] Speaker 9: kind of responsibility does maybe the offensive line feel added
[16:54] Speaker 9: responsibility to protect Mahomes especially early in the season.
[16:59] Speaker 8: Yeah, officsitive lineman, you always feel the responsibility keep your
[17:02] Speaker 8: quarterback calm protected, allowing him to operate. You have the
[17:06] Speaker 8: best quarterback in the game right now, so you want
[17:08] Speaker 8: to just give him any opportunity and ability to do
[17:10] Speaker 8: what he does best. And you see it every week
[17:12] Speaker 8: Sunday Monday, choosing whatever the heck we're playing. But at
[17:15] Speaker 8: the end of the day, you know, I think the
[17:16] Speaker 8: pressure is on us just as a team and us individually.
[17:19] Speaker 4: You know, what can we do to get better?
[17:21] Speaker 8: Every single day we step there and it's not a
[17:22] Speaker 8: big oh, We're going to do this and that. It's
[17:24] Speaker 8: just every single day, how am I improving? And at
[17:27] Speaker 8: the end of the day, you know, Patrick Mahomes is
[17:28] Speaker 8: the best competitor I've ever been around, the best quarterback
[17:30] Speaker 8: I ever been around. So for me, I just want
[17:32] Speaker 8: to make sure he's able to do his job, He's
[17:34] Speaker 8: able to be great and really anything.
[17:36] Speaker 4: That just won't limit him.
[17:37] Speaker 8: Man, Like my job is to keep him, you know,
[17:39] Speaker 8: protective man and able to do what he does best.
[17:41] Speaker 8: And as a front five unit, you know, we can
[17:44] Speaker 8: all work cohesively build more chemistry. And as the year
[17:47] Speaker 8: goes on and progresses, we obviously want to keep Pat
[17:49] Speaker 8: healthy because we know what type of player he is.
[17:51] Speaker 8: He's already proved himself and there's so much more of
[17:53] Speaker 8: him to do as well.
[17:56] Speaker 1: Im an Europaney. Back in the building, when guys heard that,
[18:00] Speaker 1: a lot of faces light up. People we've had on
[18:02] Speaker 1: the show. What does that guy even you right now?
[18:04] Speaker 1: What does that guy bring to the building that's so
[18:07] Speaker 1: unique that maybe can help you, guys get where you
[18:09] Speaker 1: want to go.
[18:10] Speaker 8: Yeah, eb is going to bring that passion, that juice,
[18:13] Speaker 8: that energy every single time. You know, he demands a
[18:16] Speaker 8: certain level of excellence and a lot of times, you know,
[18:20] Speaker 8: you can either take that as a competitor as a
[18:22] Speaker 8: player has always coming at me and all these different things,
[18:24] Speaker 8: or you're understanding that, hey, he has a job to do,
[18:27] Speaker 8: there's a system in place, and he wants to see
[18:29] Speaker 8: you be great because he sees potential in you.
[18:31] Speaker 4: So having you be in the building is great.
[18:33] Speaker 8: But like I said, just bringing that fire, that juice,
[18:35] Speaker 8: that energy every single day. That's him and the constant
[18:38] Speaker 8: profession that he is. But it's really cool to have
[18:40] Speaker 8: him back and just really excited to go to back
[18:42] Speaker 8: to work for him.
[18:43] Speaker 9: We showed the schedule at the beginning here and you
[18:46] Speaker 9: open with the Broncos on Monday Night Football. When the
[18:49] Speaker 9: schedule gets released and you see that it's the Broncos
[18:52] Speaker 9: right out of the gate, are you happy about that?
[18:54] Speaker 9: Do you want to play the team that won the
[18:57] Speaker 9: division when you guys were having an off year right
[18:59] Speaker 9: out of the gate.
[19:00] Speaker 8: Yeah, honestly, I'm happy to play anybody. Just happy to
[19:03] Speaker 8: go play football. It's what I do, It's what I love.
[19:06] Speaker 8: A lot of respect for the Broncos, that organization an
[19:08] Speaker 8: AFC West opponent. I played them multiple of the times
[19:11] Speaker 8: in my career, but have a lot of respect for
[19:13] Speaker 8: a lot of players in our organization and do a
[19:15] Speaker 8: fantastic job Trey.
[19:17] Speaker 1: You know, there's different guys in the locker room every
[19:19] Speaker 1: year face different challenges, whether it's in their personal lives,
[19:21] Speaker 1: on the field, whatever it might be. When you have
[19:23] Speaker 1: a guy like Rashi Rice continuing to go through things
[19:26] Speaker 1: the way that he has, how if it all do
[19:27] Speaker 1: you try to support and help that guy make it
[19:31] Speaker 1: to the other side here.
[19:32] Speaker 4: Yeah, that's my brother.
[19:33] Speaker 8: At the end of the day, I love Rashi and
[19:35] Speaker 8: he's a great competitor. And at the end of the day,
[19:37] Speaker 8: you know, I focus on what I have. I don't
[19:39] Speaker 8: really want to speak on other people's business out side
[19:41] Speaker 8: of these four walls. So for me, you know, she's
[19:43] Speaker 8: one of my closest friends, a great competitor, a great teammate,
[19:46] Speaker 8: and graven Bean.
[19:48] Speaker 9: Before we let you go, we want to ask you.
[19:49] Speaker 9: We know you run a summer camp. You got that
[19:51] Speaker 9: coming up in a few weeks back in Tennessee. Tell
[19:55] Speaker 9: us what you're doing there.
[19:56] Speaker 8: Yeah, so this is going to be, wow, my third
[20:00] Speaker 8: I think it's my third and secutive football camp my
[20:01] Speaker 8: hometown at Jackson, Tennessee. I've been doing it in my
[20:04] Speaker 8: high school University School of Jackson. They've been amazing in
[20:07] Speaker 8: terms of helping me with that event every single year
[20:10] Speaker 8: and year out, and it's just a really nice opportunity
[20:13] Speaker 8: and attempt to really reach out to the community, be
[20:16] Speaker 8: amongst the people of Jackson, Tennessee, because they are great
[20:18] Speaker 8: people West Tennessee, and really just having account just to
[20:22] Speaker 8: celebrate the kids, you know, I feel like the thing
[20:24] Speaker 8: about sports, no matter where you are, it's a great unifier, right,
[20:28] Speaker 8: and it's a way to engage everybody.
[20:30] Speaker 10: You know.
[20:30] Speaker 8: Obviously it's targeted towards boys, but like little girls have
[20:33] Speaker 8: been in my camp. We've had great events. It's a
[20:36] Speaker 8: great time for me to reconnect with some of my
[20:38] Speaker 8: Tennessee volunteer teammates and other people when mentors in my
[20:41] Speaker 8: life that mean a lot to me.
[20:42] Speaker 4: So really it's a reunion every year of sorts, but
[20:45] Speaker 4: really looking forward to this one.
[20:47] Speaker 8: Looking forward to giving back to you to the Jackson
[20:49] Speaker 8: my community because our community poured so much into me
[20:52] Speaker 8: and made me who I am as a man, as
[20:54] Speaker 8: a person you see today.
[20:55] Speaker 4: So it's really just a great attempt just to give back.
[20:57] Speaker 11: Man.
[20:58] Speaker 4: I'm really looking forward to it.
[21:00] Speaker 8: Boys and girls are watching, even the parents, you know,
[21:02] Speaker 8: really looking forward to having you guys out in the
[21:04] Speaker 8: community of Jackson.
[21:05] Speaker 4: Coming Together.
[21:07] Speaker 2: Camp is June twelfth and thirteenth. That's sold out.
[21:10] Speaker 1: You get the second to sixth graders, one the seventh
[21:12] Speaker 1: and twelfth graders, and one really quick for it. Letting
[21:13] Speaker 1: you go tray do any of those probably in the
[21:15] Speaker 1: seventh and twelfth grade category. Ever be like, all right,
[21:17] Speaker 1: I want one rep. And if they do, do you
[21:19] Speaker 1: give them that one rep? Do you show them who's boss?
[21:22] Speaker 4: They asked me every year, Man, I don't. I don't
[21:24] Speaker 4: want to hurt anybody. You know, we got liabilities involved,
[21:26] Speaker 4: so but no, it's always fun.
[21:29] Speaker 8: We have a little lineman segment and that's always cool
[21:31] Speaker 8: just to see the young guys going at it.
[21:34] Speaker 4: I like the competitive nature of it.
[21:35] Speaker 8: You know, a lot of times Tom West Tennessee was
[21:38] Speaker 8: often overlooked, so it's just like a unique opportunity to
[21:41] Speaker 8: give them a platform and a little bit of exposure
[21:43] Speaker 8: at the same time. So long answered, you know, no,
[21:47] Speaker 8: but it'd be pretty funny. I might give a kid
[21:50] Speaker 8: a rep this year, the best, the best linement. I
[21:52] Speaker 8: might give one rep.
[21:55] Speaker 2: There we go, one rep. I like your thinking insurance. Here,
[21:57] Speaker 2: be careful, take it easy out of here. Tree. Thanks
[22:00] Speaker 2: for Ton for the time, man, appreciate you being here.
[22:02] Speaker 4: Thanks for having me off Tons.
[22:04] Speaker 1: More to come here on the Insiders, including the visit
[22:07] Speaker 1: from our buddy cam Wolf. What teams have positioned themselves
[22:11] Speaker 1: this offseason to become true contenders? Cam with Answers and
[22:15] Speaker 1: predictions next on The Insiders. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed
[22:26] Speaker 1: the Teddy Bridgewater Act into law today. The high school
[22:30] Speaker 1: coaches in the state will now be able to use
[22:31] Speaker 1: their own money to help their players with expenses such
[22:34] Speaker 1: as food, transportation, fiscal therapy, and rehabilitation services. Law was
[22:39] Speaker 1: inspired a course by NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who was
[22:42] Speaker 1: suspended from coaching at a is alma mater, Miami Northwestern
[22:45] Speaker 1: for using his own money to provide meals and uber
[22:48] Speaker 1: rides for players. The new law officially authorizes coaches to
[22:51] Speaker 1: spend up to fifteen thousand dollars annually, provided it is
[22:54] Speaker 1: done in good faith and reported to a state agency.
[22:58] Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Tom Pelli Sero, a rat for
[23:01] Speaker 1: Mike Garafalo, joined now by our buddy Cam Wolf a
[23:04] Speaker 1: full house here on a holiday weekend edition of this show. Cam,
[23:07] Speaker 1: let's talk about some of the teams in saw season
[23:10] Speaker 1: that have been the most active, teams that might have
[23:12] Speaker 1: been on the prespice and now in your mind, our potential,
[23:16] Speaker 1: actual true contenders.
[23:18] Speaker 10: Where do you want to start, Tom, Let's start with
[23:21] Speaker 10: the Carolina Panthers. It's time for them to swing with
[23:25] Speaker 10: the big dogs. They won the division last year, snuck.
[23:28] Speaker 7: In at eight to nine.
[23:29] Speaker 10: People kind of rolled their eyes. They had an excellent offseason.
[23:32] Speaker 10: Their general manager, Dan Morgan, went out there and got
[23:34] Speaker 10: some dudes. Jalen Phillips the best pass rusher available, winning
[23:38] Speaker 10: got Devin Lloyd, the best linebacker available. Now they have
[23:41] Speaker 10: the talent to potentially swing. They just need consistency and
[23:45] Speaker 10: talking with people down there in Carolina. They've had a
[23:48] Speaker 10: great start to OTA's Bryce Young, I'm told has looked
[23:51] Speaker 10: really good. They have really talked about the offensive operation
[23:54] Speaker 10: looking more evolved than it has with another year in
[23:57] Speaker 10: Dave Canalis scheme. Their offensive coordinator Brad Isaac will call
[24:01] Speaker 10: plays which they think will help the offense. Really smart guy.
[24:04] Speaker 10: That can help Bryce and also allow Dave Canalis to
[24:06] Speaker 10: be able to look at the team at a full
[24:09] Speaker 10: view as well. Two big elements tempo an urgency within
[24:13] Speaker 10: this offense. They beat the Rams and the Packers last year.
[24:16] Speaker 10: Can they do it more consistently? Consistently? Why can't this
[24:19] Speaker 10: Panthers team win ten to twelve games this year?
[24:23] Speaker 7: That's what's going to be so interesting.
[24:24] Speaker 10: Cam.
[24:25] Speaker 6: You mentioned the play calling. That to me is the
[24:26] Speaker 6: biggest wild card. With the Carolina Panthers. Brad Izach highly
[24:30] Speaker 6: thought of and obviously very close with Dave Canals.
[24:33] Speaker 7: That two have been together for years.
[24:35] Speaker 6: And for Canals to entrust Isich with this, obviously he
[24:40] Speaker 6: believes in him and certainly this seems like something that
[24:42] Speaker 6: Bryce Young believes in and wants. Plus will allow Canals
[24:45] Speaker 6: to be a little more of the CEO head coach.
[24:47] Speaker 6: Is this the move that takes this team, especially with
[24:50] Speaker 6: a lot more talent on this roster now, to the
[24:52] Speaker 6: next level. We are going to see where they go
[24:55] Speaker 6: in twenty twenty six. All right, give me another one, Cam,
[24:58] Speaker 6: who else you got?
[25:00] Speaker 10: Let's go on the other side of the coast to
[25:02] Speaker 10: the Los Angeles Chargers. Why can't the Chargers be the
[25:06] Speaker 10: team that everybody hopes in to be this offseason? I
[25:09] Speaker 10: love the move to go get Mike McDaniel for Justin Herbert,
[25:13] Speaker 10: hopefully get a healthy offensive line.
[25:15] Speaker 2: Look.
[25:15] Speaker 10: I was with Mike McDaniel a lot in Miami, one
[25:18] Speaker 10: of the smartest offensive mines in football. He is going
[25:21] Speaker 10: to work with Justin Herbert and take him to the
[25:23] Speaker 10: next level. I know one thing talking to people in
[25:25] Speaker 10: that building, they focused on getting the footwork and getting
[25:29] Speaker 10: the timing and rhythm operation a little faster. Justin Herbert
[25:33] Speaker 10: one of the slowest time to third quarterbacks in the
[25:35] Speaker 10: last few years. Mike McDaniel's offense really fast, resistant on timing,
[25:40] Speaker 10: improving that element to where Justin Herbert does not score
[25:43] Speaker 10: three points in the playoffs like they did last year. Look,
[25:47] Speaker 10: they have the talent on defense, they've clearly shown with
[25:50] Speaker 10: a healthy offensive line with Shaun Slater and Joe Back.
[25:53] Speaker 10: You get an offensive line with Justin Herbert. Can he
[25:56] Speaker 10: realize that top six top eight talent and lead the
[25:59] Speaker 10: Chargers to not only being one of the playoff front.
[26:02] Speaker 2: Teams, but a true championship contender.
[26:05] Speaker 5: And they've tinkered with that offensive line. Tyler Biadish one
[26:08] Speaker 5: of the guys that they've added there. But yeah, sure right,
[26:10] Speaker 5: don't lose both of your highly drafted tackles and your offensive.
[26:14] Speaker 2: Line is going to look a lot better. The other
[26:16] Speaker 2: thing that Chargers have to deal with.
[26:17] Speaker 5: This season is a minus twenty four days rest disparity
[26:22] Speaker 5: now NFL NFL schedule maker Mike North, I forget his
[26:26] Speaker 5: exact title is a VP.
[26:27] Speaker 2: He's got to be a VP. What's up, Mike North?
[26:29] Speaker 2: Hope you have a great Memorial Day weekend.
[26:31] Speaker 5: He says rest disparity is not a thing, but everybody
[26:35] Speaker 5: else says minus twenty four is a historically bad rest disparities.
[26:39] Speaker 5: Let's see how Jim Harball and company can handle this
[26:42] Speaker 5: tough schedule that the NFL has thrown their way. Let's
[26:45] Speaker 5: talk about the Cincinnati Bengals, because I have high expectations
[26:48] Speaker 5: for the Bengals.
[26:49] Speaker 2: No idea what the rest disparity is for the Bengals.
[26:51] Speaker 5: Schedule doesn't matter, though, cam because they're going to perform
[26:54] Speaker 5: well this year.
[26:54] Speaker 4: I just know it.
[26:55] Speaker 10: It's time for the Cincinnati Bengals to transform into true contenders.
[26:58] Speaker 10: We often list them among the contenders. We loop them
[27:02] Speaker 10: in with the Ravens, with the Bills as teams right
[27:04] Speaker 10: on the hills of the Chiefs. The reality is the
[27:06] Speaker 10: Bengals haven't made the playoffs in three years. It's time
[27:09] Speaker 10: to do it now or never, and they had an
[27:10] Speaker 10: offseason that showed that they wanted to be now. And
[27:13] Speaker 10: Joe Burrow said very important words this past week, saying,
[27:17] Speaker 10: this is the most talented team we've had since I've
[27:20] Speaker 10: been here. Super Bowl is the goal and it should be.
[27:23] Speaker 10: This is a Bengals team that has enough on offense,
[27:25] Speaker 10: they just been waiting for the defense the key I'm watching.
[27:28] Speaker 10: Can they just be a league average defense that would
[27:31] Speaker 10: probably be enough with that quarterback with those weapons to.
[27:34] Speaker 4: Be able to win.
[27:35] Speaker 10: They went out there and got Dexter Lawrence, Lawrence Boye, Mafe,
[27:38] Speaker 10: Brian Cook, real additions. This Bengals front office hurt all
[27:42] Speaker 10: the criticism and they showed up with some dudes.
[27:45] Speaker 2: They have the talent.
[27:46] Speaker 10: Can those guys, along with some young button stars like
[27:49] Speaker 10: DJ Turner at corner step up and help this Bengals
[27:51] Speaker 10: team be good enough on defense to help Joe Burrow
[27:55] Speaker 10: lead this team to being a championship contender.
[27:58] Speaker 1: We have everything we need in that locker room. That
[28:01] Speaker 1: was the other quote from Joe burrowcam that stuck out
[28:04] Speaker 1: to me. For a quarterback who at times has whether
[28:07] Speaker 1: tacitly or explicitly, expressed frustration about the overall direction of
[28:12] Speaker 1: things and not winning games. Obviously, Bro's had a lot
[28:14] Speaker 1: of injuries. That certainly puts everybody on notice. We have
[28:18] Speaker 1: the players, It's not going to be the talent on
[28:20] Speaker 1: the roster that holds us back a big season for
[28:23] Speaker 1: everybody involved. Right there, in Cincinnati. Cam thank you very much.
[28:27] Speaker 1: We will look forward to talking to you again very soon.
[28:31] Speaker 1: Double the banners, Double the fun for the Seattle Seahawks,
[28:35] Speaker 1: hanging another one twelve years after the first Super Bowl
[28:38] Speaker 1: win in franchise history. They beat the Patriots and got
[28:42] Speaker 1: to hoist another to the rafters out there at the vMac.
[28:46] Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Insiders, Tom Pilli sero Ian rapport,
[28:49] Speaker 1: joined now by Jeffrey Chedia. That twenty and twenty five season, Jeffrey,
[28:52] Speaker 1: that is now long in the books. We are over
[28:54] Speaker 1: the hump. We're closer to next season than we are
[28:57] Speaker 1: to last season. Time for some way too early actions
[29:00] Speaker 1: that I would argue, right on, Tom, what's your first one?
[29:03] Speaker 12: I'm going to start with Kyler Murray of the Arizona
[29:06] Speaker 12: Cardinals formerly Arizona Cardinals, goaringnon big vikings and becoming a
[29:09] Speaker 12: comeback player of the Year, because I look at this
[29:11] Speaker 12: this as a situation where I know he's competing with
[29:13] Speaker 12: JJ McCarthy, but I remember Daniel Jones going to the
[29:15] Speaker 12: Colts competing with Anthony Richardson. We know how that turned out.
[29:19] Speaker 12: He has a great supporting cast in Minnesota. He's got
[29:22] Speaker 12: a great head coaching Kevin O'Connell, a guy who's known
[29:24] Speaker 12: for working with quarterbacks, got the most out of Sam
[29:27] Speaker 12: Donald a couple of years ago. So Kyler Murray in Minnesota,
[29:30] Speaker 12: great fit, big award coming his way.
[29:34] Speaker 2: Yeah, and if this.
[29:34] Speaker 6: One does happen, which I mean, look, I think it's
[29:37] Speaker 6: safe to say, would not be like the biggest surprising
[29:39] Speaker 6: the world. What have wide ranging ramifications. Here's basically what
[29:43] Speaker 6: it would mean if this ended up happening. We mean
[29:45] Speaker 6: Kyler Murray is a franchise quarterback for Minnesota. Likely would
[29:48] Speaker 6: mean they would likely try to sign him to a
[29:50] Speaker 6: contract extension or potentially would franchise tag him. Would also
[29:54] Speaker 6: mean that JJ McCarthy probably would be headed elsewhere. Would
[29:57] Speaker 6: also mean there for the first time in several years
[30:00] Speaker 6: O'Connell in the Minnesota Vikings. Whoever, the new gm is
[30:02] Speaker 6: would not be looking for a quarterback if this happened.
[30:06] Speaker 6: Not about overall result, a result for in Minnesota. All right,
[30:09] Speaker 6: give me another one, Jeff, what.
[30:10] Speaker 4: Do you got? I'm going to go with mass Crosby
[30:13] Speaker 4: leading the league in sacks, and I know Miles.
[30:15] Speaker 12: Garrett has been a terror and set the single season
[30:17] Speaker 12: single sax record last year. But mass Crosby, with that
[30:21] Speaker 12: trade not working out in Baltimore, coming back to the
[30:23] Speaker 12: Raiders hat in hand a little bit. People talking about
[30:26] Speaker 12: his knee. I think he's going to be fired up.
[30:28] Speaker 12: He's never let the league in sacks. He has a
[30:30] Speaker 12: career high at fourteen and a half. But my guy,
[30:32] Speaker 12: you look at that defense, what they've added, Mass Crosby upset, angry.
[30:36] Speaker 4: I think he's going to put up big numbers.
[30:39] Speaker 1: One of the wilder developments this entire offseason was Max Crosby.
[30:43] Speaker 1: At the time that he was traded before he wasn't
[30:46] Speaker 1: left a Raiders team that looked fundamentally different. Four or
[30:49] Speaker 1: five days later when the trade was called off, all
[30:51] Speaker 1: of a sudden, They've signed. They spent money on linebackers,
[30:54] Speaker 1: other people to support Max Crosby. Now we still have
[30:57] Speaker 1: to see how this entire thing plays out. There's certainly
[31:00] Speaker 1: is the possibility the weather in June, when Max Crosby
[31:03] Speaker 1: should be fully healthy, whether it's in August or September,
[31:06] Speaker 1: the Raiders may get more phone calls. But I know this,
[31:09] Speaker 1: Max Crosby intends to be there in Las Vegas. That's
[31:12] Speaker 1: where he wants to be. The Raiders aren't looking to
[31:14] Speaker 1: shove him out the door, but does somebody step up
[31:17] Speaker 1: with the type of an offer that makes them rethink
[31:19] Speaker 1: if Jeffrey one of many storylines will be following here
[31:21] Speaker 1: for months to come.
[31:22] Speaker 2: Give me another way too early.
[31:24] Speaker 7: But in my opinion on time prediction, Oh, I love
[31:27] Speaker 7: this one.
[31:27] Speaker 12: It's Kevin Stefanski getting this third Coach of the Year award,
[31:30] Speaker 12: this time with the Atlanta Falcons because let's face, the
[31:33] Speaker 12: NFC South is wide open.
[31:34] Speaker 4: Carolina won it with eight wins last year.
[31:37] Speaker 12: He's joining a team that won their last four games
[31:39] Speaker 12: last year, beat the Rams in that run. Ton of
[31:42] Speaker 12: offensive talent with Bjihon Robinson and Drake London and improving defense.
[31:46] Speaker 12: But the key here he's got two quarterbacks, one of
[31:49] Speaker 12: Michael Pennix went into a Tugabaaloa who've had their issues
[31:52] Speaker 12: with injuries and inconsistency. If he get those guys right
[31:55] Speaker 12: and they win this division, this award is going to
[31:57] Speaker 12: be his.
[31:58] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[31:59] Speaker 7: I think it's pretty clear.
[32:00] Speaker 6: Vision is there for taking a though there are some
[32:01] Speaker 6: teams where you say, could they make that big leap?
[32:05] Speaker 7: Cayln the Panthers would be one. New Orleans Saints would
[32:07] Speaker 7: be another.
[32:08] Speaker 6: But if the Atlanta Falcons going a little bit of
[32:10] Speaker 6: a tear, I would wonder who their quarterback is going
[32:13] Speaker 6: to be. But it's Michael Penny Studient. That's probably good
[32:15] Speaker 6: news because it means they do have a quarterback for
[32:17] Speaker 6: the future. But I think it's safe to say, Jeffrey,
[32:19] Speaker 6: that we got a little bit of time before we
[32:21] Speaker 6: really see this one play out. All right, those have
[32:24] Speaker 6: been good. Give me your boldest of predictions before we
[32:28] Speaker 6: let you out of here.
[32:29] Speaker 4: Oh this is bold, bold as boldest can get here.
[32:32] Speaker 12: Ian, I'm talking about the receiving triple crown going to
[32:35] Speaker 12: Jalen Wattle of the Denver Broncos.
[32:37] Speaker 4: They traded a first round pick to get him.
[32:39] Speaker 12: I know they've got other receivers there, and he's going
[32:41] Speaker 12: to have help there with Cortlandt and some other guys
[32:43] Speaker 12: and Bo Nix. I get that deep ball going the
[32:45] Speaker 12: Jalen Wattle is a player who's primed to have a
[32:48] Speaker 12: big year in this office because Sean Payne. I think
[32:50] Speaker 12: back when he had Michael Thomas and New Orleans. He
[32:52] Speaker 12: got him to a receiving single season record in the
[32:55] Speaker 12: league with eighteen hundred yards receiving back then. I imagine
[32:58] Speaker 12: Jalen Wattle in this offense with Sean Payne, I'm going
[33:00] Speaker 12: to get some big plays going.
[33:01] Speaker 4: He's going to get.
[33:02] Speaker 12: Him back to where he wasn't a rookie when he
[33:03] Speaker 12: had one hundred touches thirty hundred yards of a second
[33:05] Speaker 12: year receiver.
[33:06] Speaker 4: He has a talent to do it now he's got
[33:08] Speaker 4: the offense.
[33:10] Speaker 1: So so, they didn't think they were going to be
[33:12] Speaker 1: able to get a guy at the bottom of the
[33:13] Speaker 1: first round who would give them the type of production
[33:15] Speaker 1: that Jalen Waddle would.
[33:16] Speaker 2: That's why they were willing to make that trade. Receiver.
[33:19] Speaker 1: Triple crown is a lot for a guy who more
[33:21] Speaker 1: recently has been a vertical type of threat for Miami.
[33:24] Speaker 1: There are ways though the manufacturer touches. You're right, Sean
[33:27] Speaker 1: Payton is as good at that as anybody will be
[33:30] Speaker 1: fascinated to see exactly how he uses them, right.
[33:32] Speaker 2: I got actually want one more from.
[33:33] Speaker 1: Me, Jeffrey Way too early twenty twenty six NFL MVP prediction.
[33:39] Speaker 12: Yeah, I'm gonna get Caleb Williams of my guy right
[33:41] Speaker 12: now from Chicago, And I know there's other It's a
[33:43] Speaker 12: lot of names on this list. Like Mahomes and Josh Allen,
[33:46] Speaker 12: Lamar Jackson some big names ahead of him, but look
[33:48] Speaker 12: at the way he played last year for a team
[33:50] Speaker 12: that's Marti franchise, had big plays, big comebacks.
[33:55] Speaker 4: Second year in Ben Johnson's offense, Yeah.
[33:57] Speaker 12: The completion procedents has got to get up there at
[33:59] Speaker 12: fifty eight percent last year, but I imagine secondary in
[34:02] Speaker 12: his offense. With the weapons he has and the hot
[34:06] Speaker 12: spotlight on the Bears, he's going to have opportunities to
[34:09] Speaker 12: get in that conversation and Jane Dinells Drake made those
[34:11] Speaker 12: guys have had their run. This guy was the first
[34:14] Speaker 12: overall pick in that class for a reason.
[34:17] Speaker 6: And if this happens, this will mean the Chicago Bears
[34:19] Speaker 6: have done this one, like you mentioned, with all of
[34:21] Speaker 6: these spotlight on him too, with the toughest schedule as of.
[34:25] Speaker 7: Right now, would mean Kayle Williams becomes.
[34:27] Speaker 6: A bona fide star, which I think it's safe to
[34:30] Speaker 6: say if you're a Chicago Bears fan, would probably be
[34:32] Speaker 6: a pretty good result. Jeffrey great Stuff has always enjoyed
[34:35] Speaker 6: that in as far as I'm concerned, I'm with Tom
[34:37] Speaker 6: definitely not too early for any.
[34:39] Speaker 4: Of this let's go for this. Let's no risk at
[34:43] Speaker 4: no biscuit.
[34:45] Speaker 2: Those are just words for books. He lives no risk,
[34:47] Speaker 2: no biscuits, then.
[34:48] Speaker 7: Goes back to a poem one of my high school
[34:50] Speaker 7: coaches put in my playbook.
[34:53] Speaker 4: No great thing is ever going to happen by happenstance.
[34:57] Speaker 2: You can't hit a home.
[34:58] Speaker 4: Run if you don't swing for the fans.
[35:00] Speaker 2: Going hooked up. The par five just went all over
[35:03] Speaker 2: the water.
[35:04] Speaker 4: I heard the play call come in. Tom Kin looks
[35:07] Speaker 4: at me as what it was.
[35:09] Speaker 2: Double go Mia.
[35:10] Speaker 4: Scottie. Scotty Miller was six round draft pick, very very fast,
[35:15] Speaker 4: and that was his role with our football team. All right,
[35:18] Speaker 4: let's give it a look.
[35:22] Speaker 2: With eight seconds on the clock, you cannot give up
[35:24] Speaker 2: the big play.
[35:26] Speaker 8: I looked down the middle, still a little bit looked
[35:29] Speaker 8: over sas Scottie running.
[35:33] Speaker 2: Brady goes for the deep shot, and.
[35:37] Speaker 13: We're kind of like looking up trying to find the ball,
[35:40] Speaker 13: and I see Scotty like falling in the end zone with.
[35:42] Speaker 2: Him to Scotty Miller, Oh my god, what is happening.
[35:51] Speaker 12: Scottie Miller got behind the defense.
[35:58] Speaker 2: Raise the flags.
[35:59] Speaker 5: Marks fifty seasons of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a
[36:02] Speaker 5: ten part series exploring the franchise's history, defining moments, and
[36:06] Speaker 5: untold stories. The series chronicles one of the most remarkable
[36:09] Speaker 5: turnarounds in sports history. Catch Raise the Flags Episodes one
[36:13] Speaker 5: and two on NFL Network Monday at eight pm Eastern.
[36:18] Speaker 5: Monday is after the weekend, although I guess technically part
[36:23] Speaker 5: of this weekend. I mean this is an extended weekend,
[36:25] Speaker 5: so we have an extended weekender. This is going to
[36:27] Speaker 5: be a two part series here with that, No, no,
[36:29] Speaker 5: just one part. Get going, it's the weekender.
[36:32] Speaker 13: All right, thank you so much, hos. And that looks
[36:34] Speaker 13: like a great film, and it's the NFL Networks. Pop
[36:36] Speaker 13: culture aficionado an expert on film, I'm going to tell
[36:40] Speaker 13: you I'm not against remakes. George Clode and Brad Pitt
[36:42] Speaker 13: did a great job of remaking The Ocean's eleven franchise,
[36:46] Speaker 13: although I got to say I'm a little dubious of
[36:48] Speaker 13: Rashi Rice's attempt to remake Adam Sandler's remake of the
[36:53] Speaker 13: Longest Yard. Because if you heard the news this week,
[36:55] Speaker 13: Rareshi Rice was ordered to serve thirty days in jail
[36:58] Speaker 13: for violating his which means He's going to be having
[37:01] Speaker 13: to do his rehab from jail, which sent me on
[37:04] Speaker 13: a rabbit hole of prison workouts on ig and I'm like,
[37:08] Speaker 13: maybe this isn't the worst idea, although I don't know
[37:10] Speaker 13: if I'm ever getting out of.
[37:11] Speaker 2: The rabbit hole. I'm not in jail.
[37:14] Speaker 13: And speaking of jail, AJ Brown has been trying to
[37:17] Speaker 13: break out of Philadelphia over the past year.
[37:19] Speaker 2: Why I don't know, maybe he hates winning.
[37:22] Speaker 13: But the Kansas City Chiefs have been a rumored destination
[37:25] Speaker 13: for AJ Brown, so perhaps the news of Rashi Rice
[37:29] Speaker 13: will spur some potential trade talks between the two teams.
[37:33] Speaker 13: Although I don't like the idea of AJ Brown being
[37:36] Speaker 13: rewarded in this instance, Like the Eagles rescued you from Tennessee,
[37:41] Speaker 13: show a little bit of gratitude, and the Eagles are
[37:44] Speaker 13: the team that usually dropped the hammer. Look at what
[37:46] Speaker 13: happened with Saquon Barkley and the New York Giants.
[37:49] Speaker 2: They did that to the Giants.
[37:50] Speaker 13: The Eagles are a model franchise that take advantage of
[37:54] Speaker 13: lesser gms. And speaking of lesser gms, congratulations to Joe
[37:58] Speaker 13: Shane for getting a contract extension.
[38:00] Speaker 2: With the de Hirt Giants. Why I don't know.
[38:03] Speaker 13: I don't know why he's getting a contract extentsive he
[38:05] Speaker 13: won four games this season that deserved a contract extension.
[38:09] Speaker 2: I don't know what the Giants are thinking about.
[38:12] Speaker 13: As a matter of fact, I'm having a hard time
[38:14] Speaker 13: trying to illustrate my Do you guys have a photo
[38:16] Speaker 13: in the back that will kind of illustrate my that
[38:19] Speaker 13: is congratulations. Hey, here's four more wins, Giants?
[38:24] Speaker 2: What are we doing here?
[38:25] Speaker 13: This is what's I love this guy, by the way,
[38:27] Speaker 13: I'm glad this is how we use Disney's money. Now, Hey,
[38:31] Speaker 13: meme shirt guy, I love you. Thank you for summing
[38:34] Speaker 13: my feelings up. But our main story this week is
[38:37] Speaker 13: going to be Aaron Rodgers and did you ever invite
[38:40] Speaker 13: somebody to a party and then instantly regretted? Like Aaron
[38:43] Speaker 13: Rodgers is coming back to the NFL. We're like, god,
[38:45] Speaker 13: this is great, Like, well, no, because he's back in
[38:48] Speaker 13: the NFL. It's kind of like when you watch the
[38:50] Speaker 13: VANDR Pump Rules and you're like, why are you inviting
[38:52] Speaker 13: Marcus and Kim to the same party.
[38:55] Speaker 2: They have a toxic relationship.
[38:57] Speaker 13: Like, don't do this, Like Marcus is going to go
[38:58] Speaker 13: on about his DJ You're not gonna be a DJ
[39:01] Speaker 13: Marcus that that dream is gone, let it go.
[39:04] Speaker 2: But still Aaron.
[39:05] Speaker 13: Rodgers is back, and he did make news this week
[39:07] Speaker 13: when he announced this is going to be his last
[39:10] Speaker 13: season in the NFL.
[39:11] Speaker 2: And someone for you are like, this is great news.
[39:13] Speaker 13: It's not because because now the whole season is going
[39:17] Speaker 13: to be about the last dance for Aaron Rodgers, Like, oh,
[39:20] Speaker 13: tune in. This week Aaron Rodgers makes his last appearance
[39:24] Speaker 13: in Tampa Bay, Like what what do we do?
[39:27] Speaker 2: And then is he is he.
[39:28] Speaker 13: Expecting a Kobe Bryant Derek Jeter like sendoff where all
[39:32] Speaker 13: these teams are gonna have to give him gifts? You're like,
[39:34] Speaker 13: oh my god, what are we getting him? Like, here's
[39:36] Speaker 13: some alkaline water and some insights. Just just go away,
[39:39] Speaker 13: Aaron Royn.
[39:40] Speaker 2: That's all we need.
[39:40] Speaker 13: Like what are we gonna do? You're not going to
[39:43] Speaker 13: truly go away, because I know you'll eventually do. Do
[39:45] Speaker 13: you adds for like reverse mortgages and some of those
[39:48] Speaker 13: other things the car shield or whatever it is. We
[39:51] Speaker 13: know you'll never truly go away. That is your destiny.
[39:54] Speaker 13: And speaking of your destiny, in an effort to keep
[39:57] Speaker 13: the lights on here and is a favorite to our
[40:00] Speaker 13: our media overlords at ESPN.
[40:02] Speaker 2: Hey go see the Mandalorian and gro Goo.
[40:05] Speaker 13: It is a great movie. Listen, nerds. Not everything has
[40:09] Speaker 13: to be and or Okay.
[40:11] Speaker 2: You can have some fun.
[40:12] Speaker 7: You can have some It's just an enjoyable thing.
[40:14] Speaker 2: Remember when you were a kid.
[40:15] Speaker 7: He was like Star Wars, Mike, That's what I'm talking about, Like,
[40:19] Speaker 7: just have some fun.
[40:21] Speaker 4: Go see you.
[40:21] Speaker 2: Mandalorian is rero you. There was only three of them.
[40:25] Speaker 2: It was easier to keep track of.
[40:26] Speaker 5: Now there's three thousand, and there's just I mean, there's
[40:29] Speaker 5: more than there are galaxies in the universe.
[40:32] Speaker 4: That was Adam Rank.
[40:33] Speaker 2: I don't think I introduced him off the top. His
[40:34] Speaker 2: name is AA Bregan Adam Rak The Weekender. Get started
[40:38] Speaker 2: on your weekend, my friend.
[40:39] Speaker 5: We appreciate you here always on the insiders, even if
[40:43] Speaker 5: we don't say your name.
[40:44] Speaker 4: There's gonna be tough times. They're gonna show up too.
[40:46] Speaker 2: You might get a call with some bad news, maybe
[40:50] Speaker 2: about your job. People they'll tell you they don't want
[40:54] Speaker 2: you anymore.
[40:55] Speaker 4: Time to move on.
[40:58] Speaker 14: And if the kid from Inglewood who grew up in
[41:00] Speaker 14: Foster Care lived in the motel doubted hisself, left school
[41:03] Speaker 14: with a one point AGPA and still find his way
[41:06] Speaker 14: back here to earn all a's and I can do
[41:08] Speaker 14: it there. There's no limit to what any of us
[41:10] Speaker 14: in this room can accomplish. Congratulations to the class of
[41:13] Speaker 14: twenty twenty six.
[41:14] Speaker 2: We made it.
[41:17] Speaker 8: I walked into the locker room and Richard Sherman and
[41:20] Speaker 8: Doug Ball when we're talking about how great Stamford was,
[41:24] Speaker 8: I don't know Stanford's cool, but it's now Utah State.
[41:26] Speaker 3: You know what I mean.
[41:27] Speaker 11: So I think it's important for you to recognize you're
[41:34] Speaker 11: not on your own to get this done. So for start,
[41:37] Speaker 11: it was great teammates. You know how to give it
[41:38] Speaker 11: up for each other, so they also know that you
[41:42] Speaker 11: always protect the team. What I want you to do
[41:44] Speaker 11: right now, I want you to get out of your seats.
[41:45] Speaker 11: I want you to stand up. I want you to
[41:47] Speaker 11: high five Dap. I want you to give a little love.
[41:49] Speaker 11: I want you to look him in the eye. Right now.
[41:50] Speaker 2: Let's go, everybody else, let's go. Let's go.
[41:55] Speaker 10: When the odds are stacked against you, when you're facing
[41:57] Speaker 10: your own twenty eight to three moment, and believe me,
[42:01] Speaker 10: it's coming.
[42:02] Speaker 4: You have a choice to make, to quit or to
[42:06] Speaker 4: fight your off.
[42:09] Speaker 1: A lot of Super Bowl rings, giving commencement addresses right there. Ian,
[42:13] Speaker 1: You got any advice for these recent college grants?
[42:16] Speaker 6: Can't believe Brady did in Comba's hair. Yes, here's my advice.
[42:20] Speaker 6: Move somewhere weird and go figure it out. I moved
[42:23] Speaker 6: to Mississippi for my first full time job.
[42:26] Speaker 2: Do that it worked out, Mike, Uh, find something a
[42:30] Speaker 2: bot can't do. We gotta go. Yep, stay on time.
[42:36] Speaker 2: That's a good one. See on Tuesday doing the weekend

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