# The Insiders Podcast: Miami Extends LB Jordyn Brooks and Seahawks Rookie Jadarian Price Joins the Insiders

An episode of [NFL: The Insiders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1543090622), 22 Jul 2026, 44 min.

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Steve Wyche hosts today’s Insiders with Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo. They discuss the impact of cornerback Christian Gonzalez seeking a new contract with the Patriots and Miami signing linebacker Jordyn Brooks to an extension. Then, reporters Jane Slater and Cam Wolfe provide the inside scoop from training camps opening up all around the league and Michael F. Florio share his favorite fantasy picks for 2026. Plus, Seahawks rookie running back Jadarian Price joins the Insiders to explain why the Super Bowl champs are the perfect fit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:07] Speaker 1: School is in session for a few more teams.
[0:09] Speaker 2: Rookies who reported the training camp today more signs that
[0:13] Speaker 2: were getting closer to real football. Seahawks can be running
[0:17] Speaker 2: back to Darien Price is one of the few new
[0:19] Speaker 2: faces for the Super Bowl champs, and a lot will
[0:22] Speaker 2: be expected.
[0:23] Speaker 1: Can he deliver?
[0:24] Speaker 2: Price joins The Insiders to let us know and fantasy
[0:28] Speaker 2: drafts are right around the corner, and our Michael f
[0:31] Speaker 2: Florio is here to plant his flag on some fantasy
[0:34] Speaker 2: takes he's sure about for this season. Welcome to another
[0:39] Speaker 2: edition of The Insiders. I'm Steve White our Los Angeles Studios,
[0:42] Speaker 2: and I'm here with Ian Rappaport and.
[0:44] Speaker 1: Mike Garafullo and guys.
[0:46] Speaker 2: Five more teams had their rookies report to training camp today,
[0:49] Speaker 2: the Panthers, the Patriots, the Bills, the Dolphins, and the Texans.
[0:55] Speaker 1: You see their veterans will.
[0:56] Speaker 2: Be joining them in a couple more days. But it's
[0:59] Speaker 2: more and more rookies are in camps. But guys, we're
[1:01] Speaker 2: gonna start in New England, where the Patriots plays linebacker
[1:05] Speaker 2: Harold Landry on the physically unable to perform list today.
[1:08] Speaker 1: Landy was dealing with a knee injury.
[1:10] Speaker 2: Last season and missed team activities in the spring.
[1:15] Speaker 1: Guys.
[1:15] Speaker 2: Another thing we're keeping our eyes on with the Patriots
[1:17] Speaker 2: is cornerback Christian Gonzales and his next contract. So Ian,
[1:21] Speaker 2: where things stand right now with the cornerbacks potential extension, Yeah, no.
[1:25] Speaker 3: Doubt one of the biggest storylines out of the New
[1:28] Speaker 3: England Patriots. They got a lot of young stars on
[1:30] Speaker 3: this team. A lot of guys are going to be
[1:32] Speaker 3: up for new contracts in the coming years, but certainly
[1:35] Speaker 3: Christian Gonzalez right now comes to the forefront, one of
[1:38] Speaker 3: the best corners in the NFL. Has in fact been
[1:41] Speaker 3: seeking a new contract to two sides have been in
[1:44] Speaker 3: negotiations for some time. And yes, obviously the Patriots wants
[1:47] Speaker 3: a new deal for Christian Gonzales and he wants a deal,
[1:50] Speaker 3: and if he gets one, would no doubt make him
[1:53] Speaker 3: one of the, if not the highest paid cornerbacks in
[1:56] Speaker 3: the NFL.
[1:57] Speaker 4: But it is really not that simple.
[1:58] Speaker 3: Because there's another cornerback situation going on in Seattle with
[2:02] Speaker 3: star corner Devin Witherspoon, now also by the way, have
[2:06] Speaker 3: the same agent at Win Sports. The two negotiations have
[2:09] Speaker 3: been going on concurrently certainly seems like Witherspoon is further
[2:13] Speaker 3: along in his negotiation than Gonzales is in his negotiation.
[2:18] Speaker 3: The Seahawks have a minunderstanding made an offer upwards of
[2:21] Speaker 3: thirty million dollars, one that would make Witherspoon among the,
[2:24] Speaker 3: if not the, highest paid corner in the NFL.
[2:27] Speaker 4: No resolution yet on that deal.
[2:29] Speaker 3: But wouldn't be surprised if Witherspoon gets done first and
[2:32] Speaker 3: then Goazalz gets done.
[2:34] Speaker 5: At some point shortly after with the market set.
[2:36] Speaker 6: Mike, Yeah, Seahawks and Witherspoon have had a widespread for
[2:40] Speaker 6: a while.
[2:40] Speaker 7: Here.
[2:41] Speaker 6: We'll see about Gonzales here right, some of these deals
[2:43] Speaker 6: being done running backs as well, looking at one guy
[2:47] Speaker 6: who's going to go first and who's going to go second.
[2:48] Speaker 6: So we'll see what happens with Gonzales, who, by the way,
[2:50] Speaker 6: had allegedly poor pre draft visits a couple of years
[2:54] Speaker 6: ago that led some teams to say, no, we're not
[2:57] Speaker 6: going to take them. Those teams surely regretting not taking
[2:59] Speaker 6: one of the corners in the game right now. As
[3:01] Speaker 6: for the Patriots, I'll be up there early in training
[3:03] Speaker 6: camp and I'll be just looking forward to the overall
[3:05] Speaker 6: vibe because we know how hard it is when you
[3:08] Speaker 6: lose the Super Bowl to shake that vibe and to
[3:11] Speaker 6: not let it hang over your season. Combine that with
[3:13] Speaker 6: the fact that Mike Rabel he had his all field
[3:17] Speaker 6: situation which led him to miss time around the draft,
[3:20] Speaker 6: with his involvement with Diana Rassini, the reporter that he
[3:23] Speaker 6: had to address during the spring. So I just feel
[3:25] Speaker 6: like once training camp officially opens for the Patriots, and
[3:28] Speaker 6: once the practices start to get stacked, there's going to
[3:31] Speaker 6: be this feeling of finally looking forward and getting to
[3:33] Speaker 6: week one where.
[3:34] Speaker 1: They'll have to face the team that beat them in
[3:36] Speaker 1: the Super Bowl.
[3:37] Speaker 6: So sorry about that, guys, but eventually you will be
[3:39] Speaker 6: able to move forward.
[3:41] Speaker 1: Yeah, mich you know what's a team safety field? It
[3:43] Speaker 1: gets all about football.
[3:44] Speaker 2: But that Christian Gonzalez Devin Witherspoon kind of jockeying for
[3:48] Speaker 2: the next contract, it's going to be interesting because, like
[3:50] Speaker 2: you said, Ian, they're represented by the same agency and
[3:52] Speaker 2: that one dollar more thing tends to be something that
[3:55] Speaker 2: plays with the egos of players. Now let's sake get
[3:58] Speaker 2: onto Arizona, where the Cardinals are back in action Wednesday
[4:01] Speaker 2: is rookies and bets report to training camp. There is
[4:04] Speaker 2: still no resolution though, at a quarterback Jacoby Pressett's contract situation,
[4:08] Speaker 2: as we wait to see if he reports tomorrow. So
[4:13] Speaker 2: Ian do you expect Jacoby Presett to be with the
[4:16] Speaker 2: team tomorrow and what more can you.
[4:17] Speaker 1: Tell us about the status of his contract dispute. We
[4:21] Speaker 1: have seen very, very few.
[4:22] Speaker 4: Holdouts over the last several years.
[4:24] Speaker 3: The CBA has made it incredibly punitive for a player
[4:27] Speaker 3: to hold out, and honestly, it just doesn't make a
[4:30] Speaker 3: ton of sense to give up guaranteed money.
[4:33] Speaker 4: What we might see.
[4:34] Speaker 3: Though, is for players who do not have new contracts
[4:37] Speaker 3: and make the mistake Koby Presett do to make about
[4:39] Speaker 3: five million or so dollars he wants a new one,
[4:42] Speaker 3: we seem more likely as a hold in, which is
[4:46] Speaker 3: a player saying, you know what, I'm under contract, I'm
[4:49] Speaker 3: going to be here, I'm not giving up my guaranteed money,
[4:51] Speaker 3: not putting myself at risk.
[4:53] Speaker 4: You could watch me just stand there until you get
[4:54] Speaker 4: a new deal done.
[4:56] Speaker 3: My understanding of the situation is the Arizona Cardinals are
[4:59] Speaker 3: in a gree that Jacoby Brissett deserves more money. The
[5:03] Speaker 3: two sides have been negotiating for several months. They have
[5:06] Speaker 3: not yet agreed on a number, but they do believe
[5:10] Speaker 3: that he is doing a new deal and deserves one
[5:14] Speaker 3: their starter going into the season. But the fact that
[5:17] Speaker 3: he was there at mandatory mini camp certainly makes me
[5:20] Speaker 3: think like holding out is probably not in the cards
[5:23] Speaker 3: for Jacoby Preset.
[5:25] Speaker 6: Yeah, and Holden's We've seen a lot of holdens with
[5:27] Speaker 6: non quarterbacks. It's hard for a quarterback to hold in.
[5:29] Speaker 6: We talked about this potentially with Baker Mayfield. You got
[5:32] Speaker 6: to get in there, You've got to get the reps.
[5:33] Speaker 6: And at some point Jacoby Brissett, though he has that experience,
[5:36] Speaker 6: has to get those reps and has to start working
[5:38] Speaker 6: with this Cardinals offense to put.
[5:40] Speaker 1: His stamp on the fact that yes.
[5:41] Speaker 6: I am the starter here with Gardner Minshew also in
[5:44] Speaker 6: the building as well, so Jacoby Brissett, and this situation
[5:48] Speaker 6: feels like at some point in the near future, I
[5:50] Speaker 6: can't tell you exactly when, but whether it's a couple
[5:53] Speaker 6: of days or a week or whatever, but it feels
[5:55] Speaker 6: like it will eventually be resolved here, especially because as
[5:58] Speaker 6: Ian pointed out, the Cardinals have been clear we want
[6:00] Speaker 6: to do something for you.
[6:01] Speaker 1: The problem is when you.
[6:02] Speaker 6: Get to the quarterback market, the numbers tend to get
[6:05] Speaker 6: so big and you say, okay, we're going to be
[6:07] Speaker 6: our starter, but we can't all of a sudden vault
[6:09] Speaker 6: you up to where these other guys are.
[6:10] Speaker 1: So they got to figure this out, get this done.
[6:13] Speaker 6: I believe as something happens in the near future, but
[6:16] Speaker 6: can't tell you exactly when.
[6:17] Speaker 2: Well, well, see, you know, first year head coach Michael
[6:19] Speaker 2: Floor wants to get his quarterback situation stabilized as much
[6:22] Speaker 2: as possible, and nobody would be happier to have Jacobe
[6:24] Speaker 2: Grissette back than tight end Trey McBride, who put up
[6:27] Speaker 2: big numbers with perset last year. All right, really good stuff, guys,
[6:30] Speaker 2: we'll be back to you later. Well, the Dolphins and
[6:32] Speaker 2: linebacker Jordan Brooks agreed to a three year, fifty one
[6:35] Speaker 2: point three million dollar deal with thirty five leaguing guaranteed.
[6:38] Speaker 2: According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Brooks recorded an NFL high
[6:42] Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty three tackles last season and was
[6:45] Speaker 2: named first team All Pro. So with that, let's welcome
[6:49] Speaker 2: in our cam well for more on the Dolphins and
[6:51] Speaker 2: that Jordan Brooks extension.
[6:53] Speaker 1: Cam.
[6:53] Speaker 2: How important was it for Miami to get this deal done?
[6:58] Speaker 1: Yeah, this is huge, Steve.
[6:59] Speaker 7: Another example of Miami's new brass taking care of one
[7:03] Speaker 7: of their core pieces. As you mentioned, three years up
[7:05] Speaker 7: to fifty one point three million dollars for their all
[7:07] Speaker 7: pro linebacker.
[7:08] Speaker 1: Coming off a career year.
[7:09] Speaker 7: And I texted one Dolphins player about this Brooks deal
[7:12] Speaker 7: earlier today. He told me nobody in our locker room
[7:15] Speaker 7: deserves to be paid more than JB. And that speaks
[7:18] Speaker 7: volumes to me because it goes into the offseason plan.
[7:21] Speaker 7: Some may ask why is a rebuilding team like Miami
[7:24] Speaker 7: paying big money for a VET. The old saying is
[7:28] Speaker 7: players pay attention to the players you pay and the
[7:31] Speaker 7: leaders you pay. And that's what this guy is. Jordan
[7:34] Speaker 7: Brooks a leader, a core guy they want to build around,
[7:37] Speaker 7: along with Aaron Brewer, along with Devon a Chan, two
[7:39] Speaker 7: guys they already paid earlier this offseason. He's tough, he physical,
[7:44] Speaker 7: and he sets a tone for them going forward. And
[7:46] Speaker 7: for the first time in a long time, this Dolphins
[7:48] Speaker 7: team is going to go into training camp with no drama,
[7:50] Speaker 7: with no contract questions, and it really is a sign
[7:53] Speaker 7: of their new GM John Eric Sullivan backing up his word,
[7:57] Speaker 7: he said that he was going to prioritize paying the
[8:00] Speaker 7: core players. I mentioned it a chan Brewer and now Brooks.
[8:03] Speaker 7: He did that, and now it's time to see how
[8:06] Speaker 7: quickly this Dolphins team can become the one they hope
[8:09] Speaker 7: to be in the years ahead.
[8:10] Speaker 1: I know John in Miami, very very interesting camp. Well
[8:14] Speaker 1: a's me no game.
[8:14] Speaker 2: Also, the Dolphins rookies reported to training camp today.
[8:17] Speaker 1: Who's someone you're keeping your eye on?
[8:20] Speaker 7: Yeah, rookies back and I can't wait to see their
[8:23] Speaker 7: first round corner Chris Johnson from San Diego State. He
[8:26] Speaker 7: was actually their second first round pick. Caden Proctor, who
[8:29] Speaker 7: will play left guard, is the other guy. But Chris
[8:31] Speaker 7: Johnson is a guy who was very smart, and Jeff
[8:34] Speaker 7: Haffley said he was one of his favorite players in
[8:36] Speaker 7: the draft. We got to talk to him on NFL
[8:38] Speaker 7: Network earlier this offseason and he told me, I know
[8:41] Speaker 7: the pressure that comes with my spot. I was drafted
[8:44] Speaker 7: essentially with the compensation that came from the Jaylen Waddle trade,
[8:47] Speaker 7: and I know I can be a foundational player here.
[8:50] Speaker 7: I can be a guy they build around, and I
[8:51] Speaker 7: want to be here forever. And that's the type of
[8:53] Speaker 7: confidence I want to see from a number one corner.
[8:55] Speaker 7: And the reality is he's immediately the number one corner
[8:58] Speaker 7: on a team that is trying to rebuild, and so
[9:01] Speaker 7: he may see a lot of AJ Brown, he may
[9:02] Speaker 7: see a lot of DJ Moore. He's gonna get thrown
[9:04] Speaker 7: in the fire and we get to see how he responds.
[9:07] Speaker 7: What's really cool about his game is he plays inside
[9:09] Speaker 7: and slot corner, which is usually a lot for a rookie,
[9:12] Speaker 7: but as intelligence as something they really loved coming out
[9:15] Speaker 7: of their draft, and maybe a dark horse their third
[9:17] Speaker 7: round pick, Caleb Douglas, who's a wide receiver. That wide
[9:20] Speaker 7: receiver room is wide open. Somebody's got to be a
[9:23] Speaker 7: guy that Malik Willis can throw the ball to. Chris Bell,
[9:26] Speaker 7: their other receiver they drafted starting on non football injury
[9:29] Speaker 7: list coming off of torn ACL from college, and they
[9:32] Speaker 7: take him some time to get up, So Caleb Douglas
[9:34] Speaker 7: has a chance to maybe earn a starting role and
[9:37] Speaker 7: earn himself an opportunity catching passes from Malik Willis.
[9:40] Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun to watch those two guys.
[9:41] Speaker 2: Yeah, Cam, they got to be of that wide receiver
[9:43] Speaker 2: group and like you said, Johnson moving in right to
[9:45] Speaker 2: the starting line up at corner.
[9:47] Speaker 1: That was a position of need.
[9:49] Speaker 2: By the way, Cam, nice combo with the sport code
[9:52] Speaker 2: right there.
[9:53] Speaker 1: We're going to be back with you just a little
[9:55] Speaker 1: bit later on good stuff. I want my Texas quarterback CJ.
[9:59] Speaker 2: Shroud dude a re established himself as one of the
[10:01] Speaker 2: better quarterbacks in the NFL.
[10:03] Speaker 1: And earn a big payday. Our Jane Slater has more.
[10:07] Speaker 2: Plus, we sit down with a rookie that's expected to
[10:10] Speaker 2: put on a show in twenty twenty six, shatle.
[10:13] Speaker 1: Seahawks running back Jadarian Price joins the Insiders.
[10:17] Speaker 8: Next, he love Jedarian? Yes, sir, you doing but John
[10:30] Speaker 8: Shdier with the Seahawks.
[10:32] Speaker 1: Yes, sir.
[10:33] Speaker 9: Hey man, we're getting ready to pick you right here. Brother, Yes,
[10:37] Speaker 9: we're really excited for you.
[10:38] Speaker 1: Man.
[10:39] Speaker 9: All your stuff throughout the spring was outstanding, so fun
[10:41] Speaker 9: watching you play, and man, we can't wait to make
[10:44] Speaker 9: you a Seahawks.
[10:44] Speaker 1: But is that appreciation right?
[10:48] Speaker 9: Hey, here's our head coach.
[10:49] Speaker 10: Congratulations, brother, h You're a Seahawks man, go unpick Congratulations brother,
[11:04] Speaker 10: go boy.
[11:05] Speaker 1: How you feeling feeling great? Man?
[11:07] Speaker 8: I'll ride the ball man.
[11:08] Speaker 1: That's awesome. Who you with right now?
[11:10] Speaker 9: I'm with the family, everybody.
[11:12] Speaker 1: That great brother, that's great.
[11:13] Speaker 6: Congratulations the draft call that made Jidarian Price get it right,
[11:20] Speaker 6: Darian Price a Seattle Seahawk, because you're going to hear
[11:25] Speaker 6: that name a lot this year. You're going to say
[11:26] Speaker 6: that name a lot this year. He's going to get
[11:28] Speaker 6: the football out this year and hopefully he's going to
[11:30] Speaker 6: join the insiders up Blach this year. So we appreciate
[11:32] Speaker 6: your time here, Ja Darien getting ready to really get
[11:35] Speaker 6: into training camp here and really get your rookie season going.
[11:39] Speaker 1: I know it was a busy spring. How was the
[11:41] Speaker 1: spring for you?
[11:42] Speaker 6: Because everything we heard out of Seattle was how impressive
[11:44] Speaker 6: you were from that running back position.
[11:48] Speaker 11: Yeah, it was everything that everybody told me it was
[11:50] Speaker 11: going to be and what I expected, but even more
[11:53] Speaker 11: to be honest, you know, being on spotlight in many
[11:57] Speaker 11: many areas, it was a lot to handle. But you know,
[12:00] Speaker 11: understanding that this is a dream come true. And when
[12:03] Speaker 11: I finally stepped on on the into the facility, I
[12:06] Speaker 11: realized it's time and the work.
[12:09] Speaker 3: You know, it's been a long off season for you,
[12:11] Speaker 3: as it is for all of the drafted players.
[12:14] Speaker 4: You know, you get done with the.
[12:15] Speaker 3: Bowl season, you get the Combine, you go really right
[12:18] Speaker 3: into rookie camp, then you got OTA's in mini camp
[12:20] Speaker 3: and all, and it can really be a grind, especially
[12:23] Speaker 3: because guys are training so hard for the Combine and beyond.
[12:27] Speaker 3: Now that the summer is sadly basically over, how do
[12:30] Speaker 3: you feel and were you able to get your body
[12:33] Speaker 3: back to a point where you can kind of hit
[12:34] Speaker 3: the ground running for the next four or five months.
[12:38] Speaker 11: Yeah, considering I haven't really played a football game since
[12:42] Speaker 11: December of twenty twenty five, Yeah, I'm I'm I'm super
[12:47] Speaker 11: healthy and just continuing to you know, learn the game
[12:51] Speaker 11: of football and learn how I can improve my position,
[12:55] Speaker 11: but also you know, being a better person and involved
[12:59] Speaker 11: in the community and things like that, and just you know,
[13:01] Speaker 11: as I step into this new role and journey in life.
[13:06] Speaker 6: Jo Dari, we know what the Seahawks running back depth
[13:08] Speaker 6: chart looks like. I mean, Kevin Walker now in Kansas City.
[13:11] Speaker 6: You've got Zach Charbonay working his way back as well.
[13:15] Speaker 6: You're gonna, like I said, you're gonna get the football
[13:17] Speaker 6: a bunch. You're gonna get it early. I know, we
[13:19] Speaker 6: talked a lot coming into the draft about your workload,
[13:22] Speaker 6: and if you weren't at Notre Dame, that workload would
[13:25] Speaker 6: have been a lot higher because Jeremiah Love in that
[13:28] Speaker 6: backfield with you as well. How ready are you to
[13:32] Speaker 6: take the football to take the brunt of the work
[13:34] Speaker 6: if called upon early in this season?
[13:37] Speaker 11: Yeah, I'm ready. This is everything I've been asking for
[13:40] Speaker 11: since I started playing football. And now that I'm a
[13:43] Speaker 11: part of a great team with a great offensive line,
[13:46] Speaker 11: great offensive group led by you know, the offense coordinator
[13:50] Speaker 11: and then led by Sam you know, it's the great
[13:52] Speaker 11: situation to be in and I'm just super blessed to
[13:54] Speaker 11: be a part of it. But I'm ready for any
[13:56] Speaker 11: challenge that comes comes at me. And you know, whether
[13:59] Speaker 11: it ends up being thirty carries a game or fifteen,
[14:01] Speaker 11: you know, I'm ready for it.
[14:03] Speaker 3: You know, I'm looking at that schedule, Jadarian right over
[14:06] Speaker 3: your shoulder.
[14:07] Speaker 4: We're showing it.
[14:07] Speaker 3: And Week two the Arizona Cardinals, and obviously you're going
[14:11] Speaker 3: to be facing the defense of the Cardinals, but on
[14:13] Speaker 3: the other side of the ball, your old college teammate,
[14:15] Speaker 3: Jeremiah Love, who you know. It seems certainly seemed like
[14:18] Speaker 3: from the outside looking in. You guys had a great
[14:21] Speaker 3: working relationship in the room, sharing carriages, just really existing.
[14:25] Speaker 5: To me, I think probably the best backfield.
[14:27] Speaker 4: In the country.
[14:29] Speaker 3: As the Cardinals get ready to report and it's going
[14:31] Speaker 3: to be you know, imminently, have you heard from him?
[14:35] Speaker 4: What are your thoughts on his situation?
[14:37] Speaker 3: And then you know, ione also want to ask like,
[14:40] Speaker 3: are you guys going to be competing?
[14:43] Speaker 1: Yeah, of course we'll be competing.
[14:45] Speaker 11: You know, we've we've always been competing at Notre Dame,
[14:48] Speaker 11: but we also helped each other succeed and get to
[14:51] Speaker 11: where we're at now and being able to face each
[14:53] Speaker 11: other twice a year, and that first jersey swap is
[14:55] Speaker 11: going to be pretty fun, as we already did a
[14:58] Speaker 11: couple of weeks ago. But yeah, we still got a
[15:02] Speaker 11: group chat with our Notreame running backs. That's that's still
[15:04] Speaker 11: live and we're talking in every day. So just hearing
[15:07] Speaker 11: what's going on with him in Arizona and what's going
[15:09] Speaker 11: on with me in Seattle, and everyone's excited for this matchup,
[15:12] Speaker 11: so I'm ready.
[15:14] Speaker 6: He's a TV professional. He saw he was showing the
[15:16] Speaker 6: jersey swops. He's explained in the middle of his answer
[15:19] Speaker 6: to what was happening there.
[15:20] Speaker 1: It was pretty good. Yes, uh J Darin.
[15:24] Speaker 6: When when a team is coming off a Super Bowl
[15:25] Speaker 6: win you come in as a rookie, I was curious
[15:28] Speaker 6: whether it's a rookie or a free agent.
[15:29] Speaker 1: You weren't there for this past year. Are you kind
[15:31] Speaker 1: of looking.
[15:32] Speaker 6: At them and saying, oh, I can see that hunger
[15:34] Speaker 6: that they want even more, that it's back to work
[15:37] Speaker 6: for them, and they got their eyes forward. Give me
[15:38] Speaker 6: give me your view as sort of an outsider, who's
[15:41] Speaker 6: got an inside.
[15:42] Speaker 1: View here.
[15:45] Speaker 11: As an outsider coming in. You know, I've always been
[15:47] Speaker 11: a part of a program that had the highest expectations
[15:51] Speaker 11: of yourself. You expect to win every game in the
[15:53] Speaker 11: college level of NFL level is different. But these guys
[15:56] Speaker 11: won the championship. They won, they're the best football team
[15:59] Speaker 11: in the world. So just being able to they coming
[16:02] Speaker 11: into open arms and accepting me and you know, guys
[16:05] Speaker 11: in the in the in the running back room giving
[16:08] Speaker 11: me tips and teaching me the ways and everyone else.
[16:11] Speaker 11: You know, it's it's really it's not intimidating at all.
[16:14] Speaker 11: It's something that I've I'm really grateful for because you
[16:17] Speaker 11: walked into a culture that really, you know, understands process
[16:22] Speaker 11: over results, and that's how I've always been driven with
[16:26] Speaker 11: my mindset.
[16:26] Speaker 3: So yeah, I wanted to ask you a little bit
[16:29] Speaker 3: about Notre Dame sort of as they compare to the Seahawks,
[16:33] Speaker 3: and you guys have a ton of success in South Bend.
[16:36] Speaker 3: Now you come to, as you said, the best team
[16:38] Speaker 3: in the NFL culture wise, coaching wise.
[16:42] Speaker 4: Has there been anything.
[16:43] Speaker 3: You've noticed where you're like, all right, like this worked
[16:46] Speaker 3: in college, and this same philosophy or whatever it is
[16:49] Speaker 3: works here in this organization.
[16:51] Speaker 5: Any any similarities between the two.
[16:55] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[16:56] Speaker 11: One thing that I really noticed was the importance of
[16:59] Speaker 11: getting the guys together, whether that's a team event outside
[17:02] Speaker 11: of the facility like we did in the offseason, or
[17:07] Speaker 11: what we do like walking talks where we have a vet,
[17:10] Speaker 11: get like ten guys and we all like ten guys
[17:13] Speaker 11: in each group with the vets and we just talk
[17:15] Speaker 11: about your life, talk about where you're from, what's your motivation,
[17:19] Speaker 11: what's your why, and really getting to know everybody on
[17:21] Speaker 11: your team.
[17:22] Speaker 1: I think that's important.
[17:23] Speaker 11: It starts from the ground up, you know, just being
[17:26] Speaker 11: able to plant those season and get to know each
[17:28] Speaker 11: other and build that foundation together.
[17:32] Speaker 1: Oh, it's late July, early September. September ninth will be
[17:34] Speaker 1: here before you know it.
[17:35] Speaker 6: Jadarian Price and his Seahawks team teammates getting ready for
[17:39] Speaker 6: the title defense.
[17:41] Speaker 1: Get your rest, pal, I'm telling you that workload is coming.
[17:44] Speaker 6: We appreciate you taking some time out to join us
[17:46] Speaker 6: and don't be a stranger.
[17:47] Speaker 1: Come back to the insiders. Yes, I appreciate y'all. Thank you. Man.
[17:52] Speaker 2: All right, one of the team's goney for the Seahawks
[17:54] Speaker 2: Toller the Houston Texans, and they are back to work
[17:56] Speaker 2: ahead of the twenty twenty sixth season as rookies.
[17:58] Speaker 1: You're portant the training camp.
[18:00] Speaker 2: The veterans are scheduled to report on July twenty eighth,
[18:04] Speaker 2: And let's welcome in James Slater for more on the
[18:06] Speaker 2: Texans heading into twenty twenty six And Jane, we know
[18:10] Speaker 2: that the Texans picked up CJ. Stroud's fifth your option,
[18:13] Speaker 2: but they haven't signed him to an extension.
[18:15] Speaker 1: How much of a proof year is this for Stroud?
[18:20] Speaker 1: It's a big prove it year.
[18:21] Speaker 12: And look, we talked about this and had a little
[18:23] Speaker 12: fun with it last week. It's just a haircut, but
[18:27] Speaker 12: it's showing you that he's trying to do something a
[18:29] Speaker 12: little bit different, and by all accounts, that sounds what
[18:33] Speaker 12: he's doing this offseason. You know, the big topic was
[18:36] Speaker 12: obviously that perplexing and frustrating game in New England.
[18:39] Speaker 1: If you're a.
[18:39] Speaker 12: Texans fan and you've buried that one, a quick refresher
[18:43] Speaker 12: for interceptions of Pick six, completing just forty three percent
[18:46] Speaker 12: of his passes, his QBR was twenty two point two,
[18:50] Speaker 12: fifth lowest in the playoffs last season, third worst in
[18:53] Speaker 12: the Texans playoff history. And for context, you if you
[18:57] Speaker 12: just spiked the ball in every snap, your qbr' is
[18:59] Speaker 12: thirty nine zo point six. Now, I asked a few
[19:02] Speaker 12: folks in Houston hal Stroud has responded this off season,
[19:05] Speaker 12: particularly with the contract situation, and they said he's responding well.
[19:09] Speaker 12: In fact, reminder, last off season, I was told he
[19:12] Speaker 12: was dealing with some shoulder soreness, so that hampered him
[19:15] Speaker 12: a little bit in.
[19:16] Speaker 1: The off season. This off season, he's.
[19:18] Speaker 12: Been working out with Higgins and Jalen Knowle, and I
[19:21] Speaker 12: was told he's looked sharp. In fact, one person told
[19:24] Speaker 12: me this is the best off season he's had. So
[19:26] Speaker 12: they're really hoping that that translates into training camp. It's
[19:30] Speaker 12: also helped a little bit Steve that they're at least
[19:33] Speaker 12: putting some attention on that offensive line. Now, his numbers
[19:36] Speaker 12: for getting sacked were I think in the twenty three
[19:38] Speaker 12: area compared to fifty six the year before, So small
[19:42] Speaker 12: improvement for him there. But he looked like he was
[19:44] Speaker 12: under duress at times, and he does need to make
[19:47] Speaker 12: some better decisions in the pocket.
[19:50] Speaker 1: That was also an issue for him.
[19:52] Speaker 2: Yeah, there were times last year, especially late last season,
[19:54] Speaker 2: he looked bamboozl, didn't quite look like the same guy.
[19:56] Speaker 2: But I'm hearing the same things you are, Jane about
[19:58] Speaker 2: the work that he's putting in. Thing that can also
[20:00] Speaker 2: help him is improving the running game. That has been
[20:03] Speaker 2: an emphasis to Houston. What steps have they taken to
[20:06] Speaker 2: do so well?
[20:09] Speaker 12: They went out and got David Montgomery, which is huge,
[20:11] Speaker 12: and I've told that he's already been so big for
[20:14] Speaker 12: that running back room. In fact, he's been having dinners
[20:17] Speaker 12: over at his house and he's really been a resource
[20:20] Speaker 12: for these guys off the field. But I was told, Look,
[20:23] Speaker 12: they went out and got David Montgomery, but don't expect
[20:26] Speaker 12: him to be their lead back.
[20:28] Speaker 1: Their goal right now.
[20:30] Speaker 12: The vision is to have him and Woody Marx split
[20:33] Speaker 12: those reps. And why wouldn't you want that?
[20:35] Speaker 1: Last season, Woody.
[20:36] Speaker 12: Marks you see the numbers right there, he led the
[20:38] Speaker 12: team with seven hundred and three rushing yards. Nick Kaylee,
[20:42] Speaker 12: this will be his second year as the OC, and
[20:45] Speaker 12: so I've told everyone's a little bit more comfortable with
[20:48] Speaker 12: him and they're settling in. So hopefully some of these pieces.
[20:52] Speaker 1: Around c J. Stroud are going to step up.
[20:55] Speaker 12: But you know, when you look at this defense, Steve,
[20:58] Speaker 12: they cannot win what they've got on that side of
[21:01] Speaker 12: the ball. They absolutely need not only c J. Streuld,
[21:04] Speaker 12: but the rest of this team to step up because
[21:07] Speaker 12: it's just unfortunate when you look at some of their
[21:09] Speaker 12: efforts and the play of this team that they're finding
[21:12] Speaker 12: themselves in back to back seasons eliminated in the divisional game.
[21:16] Speaker 1: Yeah, that offense can catch up just a little bit.
[21:19] Speaker 2: That defense has got their backs, all right, Dan, really
[21:22] Speaker 2: really good stuff.
[21:23] Speaker 1: Thanks for that insight.
[21:24] Speaker 2: Again, Bill's quarterback Josh Allen as they try to get
[21:27] Speaker 2: back to the top of the AFC Easter rookies reported
[21:30] Speaker 2: the camp today. The veterans will join them a week
[21:34] Speaker 2: from today. Welcome back to the Insiders, and we are
[21:37] Speaker 2: back with Ian and Mike and I and the Bills
[21:39] Speaker 2: have our first year head coach in Joe Brady. A
[21:41] Speaker 2: really good play caller, but we know there's more to
[21:44] Speaker 2: being a head coach than just a play caller. What
[21:47] Speaker 2: does he bring in his first year there in Buffalo?
[21:50] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[21:50] Speaker 3: I talked to several people who have known Joe Brady
[21:53] Speaker 3: for a long time, people who coach with him in LSU,
[21:55] Speaker 3: and people who coach with them at Buffalo. The word
[21:57] Speaker 3: juice comes up a lot for Joe Brady. Fascinating situation
[22:01] Speaker 3: for the Buffalo Bills, I would say, somewhat shockingly fired.
[22:05] Speaker 3: Sean McDermott did a thorough search, talk to a lot
[22:07] Speaker 3: of people, and then decided to hire one of the
[22:10] Speaker 3: hot young head coaching candidates around. Someone who's been an
[22:14] Speaker 3: offensive coordinator a couple of times, someone who has worked
[22:16] Speaker 3: with excellent, excellent quarterbacks got the most out of them,
[22:20] Speaker 3: someone who has had multiple interviews in multiple years and
[22:23] Speaker 3: various opportunities to become a head coach. The fact that
[22:27] Speaker 3: it was Joe Brady, the fact that it was in
[22:29] Speaker 3: their building. I don't know if it changes things, but
[22:32] Speaker 3: It just doesn't happen very often, because rarely do you
[22:35] Speaker 3: get a situation where you move on from a coach
[22:38] Speaker 3: and then promote his successor from within. But that was
[22:41] Speaker 3: the situation that the Buffalo Bills had. They had a
[22:43] Speaker 3: lot of opportunities to hire a lot of really good coaches,
[22:46] Speaker 3: even though they came along late in the process. They
[22:50] Speaker 3: decided that one of the more coveted candidates was going
[22:52] Speaker 3: to be was in their building and was going to
[22:55] Speaker 3: be their higher The players are familiar with Joe Brady.
[22:58] Speaker 3: The defense obviously changes with Jim Leonard, but everything Josh
[23:01] Speaker 3: Allen does is going to be the same.
[23:03] Speaker 4: What they hope.
[23:04] Speaker 3: What they hope is that he's a couple plays better
[23:07] Speaker 3: and that excitement, that new energy, that juice is a
[23:11] Speaker 3: thing that puts him over the hump.
[23:12] Speaker 6: Mike that day, when we reported the news of Sean
[23:15] Speaker 6: mcdermot's firing, we went right to, Okay, well who do
[23:18] Speaker 6: they hire? Because only a couple really made sense, and
[23:21] Speaker 6: it had to be somebody that jibed with John Allen,
[23:23] Speaker 6: whether it was going to be Rian Dable or in
[23:25] Speaker 6: this case, Joe Brady, And that's where they wound up
[23:27] Speaker 6: going after a thorough process in which Josh Allen was involved. Now,
[23:31] Speaker 6: speaking of Alan, DJ Moore comes in at the wide
[23:34] Speaker 6: receiver position. Stefan Diggs has been gone for a couple
[23:37] Speaker 6: of years. Now More steps in as that high volume guy.
[23:41] Speaker 6: And I know Khalioshakier had a bunch of catches over
[23:43] Speaker 6: the last couple of years as well, but didn't really
[23:45] Speaker 6: have the same kind of a feel of who's a
[23:48] Speaker 6: number one high volume type guy. That's what DJ Moore
[23:52] Speaker 6: is expected to be. That's why they went out and
[23:54] Speaker 6: got DJ Moore, who.
[23:55] Speaker 1: Wasn't that last year for the Bears.
[23:57] Speaker 6: I mean, Roma dun Roma Dunze gets there, he starts
[24:00] Speaker 6: to emerge. So Moore is not that guy anymore. Chicago
[24:03] Speaker 6: says we can make the move, we can trade him
[24:04] Speaker 6: to Buffalo. So I fully expect DJ Moore, maybe not
[24:08] Speaker 6: to match the production this the fund Diggs had a
[24:10] Speaker 6: couple of years ago, but to be that again. High
[24:13] Speaker 6: volume guy is the phrase that I keep using and
[24:15] Speaker 6: keep hearing out of there because they feel like they
[24:17] Speaker 6: really needed that, and I expect him to be that guy.
[24:19] Speaker 2: I love that Mike because djmore to me, has an
[24:21] Speaker 2: opportunity with Josh Allen to really put up big numbers.
[24:25] Speaker 2: As we know, the Bills, they've been trying to get
[24:26] Speaker 2: some consistency.
[24:27] Speaker 1: From that wide Y or X wide receiver.
[24:31] Speaker 2: All right, thanks, guys, were gonna have a little bit
[24:32] Speaker 2: more from you later. But let's take a look at
[24:34] Speaker 2: this Bill's draft class.
[24:35] Speaker 1: You're looking there. TJ.
[24:36] Speaker 2: Parker was their first pick in the second round the draft.
[24:39] Speaker 1: Two linebackers in the draft.
[24:41] Speaker 2: Even drafted a punter in the second in the seventh round.
[24:45] Speaker 1: And now it is time for the.
[24:47] Speaker 2: Wolf of ball Street, Cameron Wolf, take a deeper look
[24:51] Speaker 2: at this Bill's draft class. All right, camp, tell me
[24:53] Speaker 2: one guy that you really think will stand out in
[24:55] Speaker 2: twenty twenty six.
[24:58] Speaker 7: Steve, I can't wait to see TJ. Parker their second
[25:00] Speaker 7: round pick. The edge rusher. The Buffalo Bill's problem lading
[25:03] Speaker 7: this season has often been getting them off the getting
[25:06] Speaker 7: off the ball on third down, getting off the field, being.
[25:09] Speaker 1: Able to get to the quarterback.
[25:10] Speaker 7: So they added a pass rusher who had an excellent
[25:12] Speaker 7: twenty four season, took a step back in twenty five.
[25:15] Speaker 7: He could have been a top ten pick if he
[25:17] Speaker 7: repeated his twenty four season. They think they can unlock
[25:20] Speaker 7: that version of him, and this is a guy that
[25:21] Speaker 7: is powerful, can be a three down rusher, plays the
[25:24] Speaker 7: run well, which was obviously a big weakness for this
[25:27] Speaker 7: Buffalo Bills team. He gets into a group with Bradley Chubb,
[25:31] Speaker 7: with Greg Russo, and I talked to their general manager
[25:33] Speaker 7: Brandon Bean. He said, we think Parker can help us
[25:36] Speaker 7: a good bit this year.
[25:37] Speaker 1: This isn't going to be a ease him in.
[25:39] Speaker 7: He could potentially be that third rusher and really help
[25:42] Speaker 7: a Buffalo Bill's team. With a new defensive coordinator and
[25:44] Speaker 7: Jim Lennard, they're going to be a little bit more
[25:46] Speaker 7: pressure oriented. So that was where Parker comes in a
[25:50] Speaker 7: dark horse. I am looking at also fourth round receiver
[25:53] Speaker 7: Skylar Bell. He's a guy that was extremely productive at Yukon,
[25:58] Speaker 7: a guy that was a final list finally for the
[26:00] Speaker 7: Blit in the Call Award. The only knock was he
[26:02] Speaker 7: was twenty four coming into the draft. Is why he
[26:05] Speaker 7: fell to the fourth round. But he can play inside
[26:07] Speaker 7: and out. We heard Ian talk about Dj Moore, Khalil Shakir,
[26:10] Speaker 7: that's receiver one and two. But who is going to
[26:12] Speaker 7: be that next guy? Kean Coleman's coming off a strong spring.
[26:15] Speaker 7: Can he turn it into a stronger fall. You also
[26:18] Speaker 7: have Josh Palmer, but could it be Skyler Bell, a
[26:20] Speaker 7: guy who, like I said, has only produced I can't
[26:23] Speaker 7: wait to.
[26:24] Speaker 1: Watch in camp his chemistry with Josh Allen. See, this
[26:26] Speaker 1: is why you're the Wolf of ball streets.
[26:28] Speaker 2: You're talking about Skyler Bell as we're getting ready to
[26:31] Speaker 2: bring this into a fantasy segment, Cam Wolf, good stuff,
[26:35] Speaker 2: all right, Now it signed for a look at the
[26:36] Speaker 2: Bills fantasy wise, nobody circles the wagons.
[26:39] Speaker 1: Quite like Michael f Florio.
[26:41] Speaker 2: All right, Mike, tell us about some more rookies to
[26:43] Speaker 2: keep an eye on for the Bills.
[26:45] Speaker 13: Yeah, I'm going to pick up where Cam left off
[26:47] Speaker 13: and just talk about Skyler Bell, who last year one
[26:50] Speaker 13: hundred and one catches nearly thirteen hundred yards and thirteen
[26:53] Speaker 13: touchdowns at Yukon. That was top three in the FBS
[26:56] Speaker 13: in all three categories. And like Caim was saying, he
[27:00] Speaker 13: can line up all over the field, inside and out.
[27:03] Speaker 13: He has the ability to win downfield, excels on slants,
[27:06] Speaker 13: and he can win after the catch.
[27:08] Speaker 1: And that's why I think.
[27:09] Speaker 13: He's going to be a very pivotal depth piece for
[27:11] Speaker 13: the Bills wide receiver room. That is largely the same
[27:15] Speaker 13: as last season, outside of Dj.
[27:17] Speaker 1: Moore, who we're going to talk about more.
[27:18] Speaker 13: In a little bit. I think Bell is a more
[27:21] Speaker 13: of a contributor and injury depth here. I don't think
[27:24] Speaker 13: he is going to have like standalone fantasy value and
[27:26] Speaker 13: redraft in year one, but an injury could open up
[27:30] Speaker 13: that path, and he, being so ready and so experienced
[27:32] Speaker 13: from college, would be able to step right in.
[27:34] Speaker 1: And then dynasty is where I.
[27:36] Speaker 13: Think you want to try to take a shot on him,
[27:38] Speaker 13: because I do think long term he could continue to
[27:40] Speaker 13: develop with Josh Allen and be a useful fantasy piece
[27:44] Speaker 13: in the future.
[27:44] Speaker 2: Okay, okay, all right, now head coach, we just talked
[27:46] Speaker 2: about it, Joe Brady.
[27:47] Speaker 1: He moves from OC to head coach.
[27:49] Speaker 2: Who are some guys who are likely to see a
[27:51] Speaker 2: fantasy uptick under him this season?
[27:54] Speaker 1: Yeah?
[27:54] Speaker 13: I think Keon Coleman is one for shore because he
[27:58] Speaker 13: was coming off of a disappointing start of his NFL career.
[28:01] Speaker 13: But do not forget that he looked the part as
[28:03] Speaker 13: a rookie until he injured his wrist, and he wasn't
[28:07] Speaker 13: the same after that.
[28:08] Speaker 1: Last year.
[28:09] Speaker 13: It was more off the field stuff than on the field,
[28:11] Speaker 13: and when Joe Brady got hired, he said the best
[28:14] Speaker 13: thing about him being the head coach it is for
[28:16] Speaker 13: Keyon Coleman, but more so I think Dj Moore helps
[28:20] Speaker 13: a ton because Coleman was often tethered as the ex
[28:22] Speaker 13: wide receiver there and now there's a lot of talk
[28:25] Speaker 13: of having the Bills receivers play all over the field,
[28:27] Speaker 13: and I think that would help Keon because I think
[28:29] Speaker 13: he could excel as a big slot receiver and then
[28:34] Speaker 13: he has all the physical tools. His one issue has
[28:36] Speaker 13: been creating consistent separation. But he has been in the
[28:39] Speaker 13: lab with the space creator, my boy Stevie Johnson, and
[28:42] Speaker 13: I asked Stevie. He said he expects Keon to take
[28:45] Speaker 13: a big jump this season.
[28:47] Speaker 1: And then Khalil Shakir.
[28:49] Speaker 13: Who we know has been Josh Allen's go to guy,
[28:53] Speaker 13: but similar to Coleman, Shakira was often tethered into one
[28:56] Speaker 13: role right in the slot. He became basically a screen
[28:59] Speaker 13: merchant in recent years. Last season just three point five
[29:02] Speaker 13: air yards per target that is running back esk. But
[29:06] Speaker 13: Brady has been talking about having Shakiir lineup all over
[29:09] Speaker 13: the field and using him more aggressively downfield. We know
[29:12] Speaker 13: his best trade is winning after the catch, but he
[29:15] Speaker 13: can win in other ways and I am hopeful we
[29:17] Speaker 13: see that this year. And while I do think DJ
[29:20] Speaker 13: Moore will be the top target for Josh Allen, Shakira
[29:23] Speaker 13: is still Allen's safety blanket, so I think he will
[29:25] Speaker 13: have a lot.
[29:26] Speaker 1: Of save volume for fantasy purposes.
[29:28] Speaker 2: You know, Michael F and everybody the f stance for Frank.
[29:31] Speaker 1: We both share the middle same middle name right there.
[29:33] Speaker 2: Anybody who works with your boy Stevie Johnson is going
[29:37] Speaker 2: to be in for a big year.
[29:38] Speaker 1: Hey man, we really appreciate you join anything again. Michael Lef.
[29:41] Speaker 1: We'll see a little bit later on.
[29:43] Speaker 2: And the Panthers, they get ready to have the full
[29:45] Speaker 2: squad back in camp on Wednesday, and our guy Cameron
[29:48] Speaker 2: Wolf he's going to be with them on Thursday, so
[29:51] Speaker 2: he'll be back after the break to let us know
[29:53] Speaker 2: a little bit more about the NFC South champs. Oh yeah,
[30:06] Speaker 2: the Panthers rookie feeling good reporting the camp today. You're
[30:08] Speaker 2: looking at Monroe Freeling and some of his rookie teammates
[30:11] Speaker 2: showing up in Charlotte getting ready to do some work.
[30:16] Speaker 2: But it wasn't all good news coming out of Carolina.
[30:19] Speaker 2: It plays quarterback j C. Horn and right tackle Taylor
[30:22] Speaker 2: Moden on the reserve non football injury list today, So
[30:27] Speaker 2: for more on that, let's bring back Cam Wolfe will
[30:29] Speaker 2: be at Panthers camp on Thursday. Camp first off, a
[30:32] Speaker 2: couple of big injury notes early on, Yeah, Steve.
[30:37] Speaker 7: The big one is their right tackle Taylor Moden, being
[30:39] Speaker 7: placed on a non football injury list with that blood clot.
[30:42] Speaker 7: They found this lung three weeks ago from what I'm told,
[30:46] Speaker 7: Obviously a scary situation with any blood clot, but he's
[30:49] Speaker 7: been recovering well.
[30:49] Speaker 1: They put him on blood thinners.
[30:51] Speaker 7: The expectation is he's going to miss some regular season time,
[30:54] Speaker 7: but they believe he'll play at some point in twenty
[30:56] Speaker 7: twenty six. Focus right now is just getting him healthy.
[30:59] Speaker 7: So that makes the starting right tackle and their left tackle, Ikiakwanu,
[31:03] Speaker 7: who is dealing with a serious knee injury. From when
[31:05] Speaker 7: I'm told, he won't be expected back until late in
[31:08] Speaker 7: the season potentially. Now, they're down both of their starting
[31:11] Speaker 7: tackle so luckily for them, they drafted a left tackle
[31:15] Speaker 7: in the first round and Monroe Freeland who can play both.
[31:18] Speaker 1: Sides, so maybe he ends up filling in for Moden.
[31:21] Speaker 7: They also signed a free agent and Rashid Walker, to
[31:24] Speaker 7: a really value deal. He has played left tackle for
[31:27] Speaker 7: most of his career, so they have guys they could
[31:28] Speaker 7: potentially plug in as starters in those roles until their
[31:31] Speaker 7: guys get healthy. That's a credit to Dan Morgan really
[31:34] Speaker 7: filling that role right. But it is not a secret
[31:36] Speaker 7: that the offensive line is really important for Bryce Young.
[31:39] Speaker 1: And so these are two injuries. I'm going to.
[31:41] Speaker 7: Watch how do their replacements play in camp? Can they
[31:44] Speaker 7: keep upright? Bryce Young?
[31:46] Speaker 1: Who is entering a very important year.
[31:48] Speaker 7: And I'll tell you this three things I'm really watching
[31:51] Speaker 7: for this Carolina Panthers team going into training camp where
[31:53] Speaker 7: I'll be there Thursday. Bryce Young, he is going into
[31:56] Speaker 7: a pivotal year. I talk with Dan Morgan this week
[32:00] Speaker 7: and simply ask them what does Bryce have to do
[32:02] Speaker 7: to separate himself earn that contract? And He's like, look,
[32:05] Speaker 7: I've had a lot of real conversation with Bryce. He
[32:07] Speaker 7: is not afraid of the pressure, He's not afraid of
[32:09] Speaker 7: what comes with sort of a.
[32:11] Speaker 1: Proven year on this deal.
[32:12] Speaker 7: They believe in him, They know that he is their guy,
[32:15] Speaker 7: and they believe that year three and Dave Canali's scheme
[32:18] Speaker 7: with the continuity will unlock the best version of Bryce.
[32:21] Speaker 1: He's had a really strong spring.
[32:23] Speaker 7: Now they translated into pads with a new play caller
[32:26] Speaker 7: and Brad Isaacs. So I can't wait to watch that
[32:28] Speaker 7: second thing. The running back room. Jonathan Brooks has been
[32:31] Speaker 7: a buzzy name for me all spring. Finally healthy. He
[32:35] Speaker 7: looked excellent in the spring cutting moving. Can they trust
[32:38] Speaker 7: him to stay healthy? Morgan told me, Look, I can't
[32:40] Speaker 7: wait to see him in pads and finally get some
[32:42] Speaker 7: pop out there. That's the one thing he has to
[32:44] Speaker 7: do left. If he's healthy. They believe he can form
[32:47] Speaker 7: a really good one two punch with Chubu Hubbard. And
[32:49] Speaker 7: the third thing that Panthers defense. Can they take that
[32:53] Speaker 7: next step? They got a couple of blue chip defenders
[32:56] Speaker 7: and Jalen Phillips and Devin Lloyd.
[32:57] Speaker 1: In free agency.
[32:58] Speaker 7: Dan Morgan went out there and paid big money for
[33:00] Speaker 7: guys he believed in. Jalen Phillips, a guy that can
[33:03] Speaker 7: maybe help their biggest weakness getting off the field on
[33:06] Speaker 7: third down, getting pressure on the quarterback. And Devin Lloyd,
[33:09] Speaker 7: who is going to be that signal caller and middle linebacker.
[33:12] Speaker 7: Those two guys, Can they help this defense compete with
[33:15] Speaker 7: teams like.
[33:16] Speaker 1: The Rams that they just fell short on in the playoffs? Yeah,
[33:19] Speaker 1: Cam real quick too.
[33:20] Speaker 2: Also, the offensive rookie of the year, Ted Rod McMillan
[33:22] Speaker 2: coming back for year two. What are some things you're
[33:24] Speaker 2: hearing about him coming to the season.
[33:28] Speaker 7: Yeah, keep an eye on tedor Roven millan playing more
[33:30] Speaker 7: in the slot this year.
[33:32] Speaker 1: Obviously they used him.
[33:33] Speaker 7: In the second half of the year at times there,
[33:36] Speaker 7: but they believe their young receiver Chris Brazl will be
[33:39] Speaker 7: able to play a little bit outside, which will give
[33:42] Speaker 7: t mac an opportunity to really thrive inside. They think
[33:45] Speaker 7: his size will be a big asset. From what I understand,
[33:48] Speaker 7: he put on about eight or nine pounds.
[33:50] Speaker 1: Of muscle this offseason.
[33:51] Speaker 7: Gives him a lot more physicality to the line up
[33:54] Speaker 7: in that slot where they could use his skill set
[33:55] Speaker 7: to take us to the next level. A thousand yard
[33:57] Speaker 7: receiver last year, can he be a fifteen hundred yard
[34:01] Speaker 7: guy in this season?
[34:02] Speaker 1: Can he be one of the best receivers in football?
[34:04] Speaker 7: They don't think that is too much to put on
[34:06] Speaker 7: his plate. He wants to be great and he has
[34:08] Speaker 7: a chance to be great in this new scheme or
[34:11] Speaker 7: this new play caller. Where Brad Hill is it? So
[34:13] Speaker 7: I can't wait to watch him when.
[34:14] Speaker 1: I get into camp on Thursday too. Yeah, excellent insight.
[34:17] Speaker 2: We can't wait to hear your reports after you've been
[34:19] Speaker 2: in camp on Thursday.
[34:20] Speaker 1: Well done. It is time for Florio's flag. Plants right
[34:26] Speaker 1: there at the top of the mountain. That's where you
[34:27] Speaker 1: plant the flag, and you plant it where.
[34:30] Speaker 6: You say this is my take on fantasy football, that
[34:33] Speaker 6: you're gonna look back in six months and be like.
[34:35] Speaker 1: Floria was right. Planted the flag there. It is still
[34:38] Speaker 1: flying in the breeze.
[34:39] Speaker 6: Speaking of flags that fly in the breeze, we're going
[34:41] Speaker 6: to start with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They have a
[34:43] Speaker 6: giant flag, a huge bucketeer flag outside their facility, So
[34:47] Speaker 6: I go ahead, plant the flag there.
[34:49] Speaker 1: Believe it or not.
[34:50] Speaker 13: People don't come to tell you you're right only when
[34:52] Speaker 13: you are wrong. But I think Mika Abuka proves that
[34:55] Speaker 13: the first half inn last year was the real m
[34:58] Speaker 13: because if you remember, he was the wide receiver six
[35:02] Speaker 13: in weeks one through seven, and then the wide receiver
[35:04] Speaker 13: forty seven from then on. But as we now know
[35:07] Speaker 13: a Mecca, Abuka himself was playing through injury. If you've
[35:10] Speaker 13: watched quarterbacks, you know Baker Mayfield was extremely beat up.
[35:14] Speaker 13: It led to Abuca last year having the second lowest
[35:17] Speaker 13: catchuable target rate in the NFL. But new Bucks OC
[35:21] Speaker 13: Zach Robinson said he plans to use Abuka as the
[35:24] Speaker 13: primary Z receiver, which needs more in motion, more detached
[35:28] Speaker 13: plays from the line of scrimmage, and less number one corners.
[35:31] Speaker 13: And look, Abuka was fantastic in college and to start
[35:35] Speaker 13: his NFL career. I think he proves this year that
[35:38] Speaker 13: is the real him, and he has wide receiver one upside,
[35:42] Speaker 13: but you could get him at a wide receiver two.
[35:44] Speaker 1: Price in fantasy. But it's not all good for the.
[35:47] Speaker 13: Bucks because I don't think Bucky Irving is going to
[35:49] Speaker 13: be a top twenty fantasy running back last this year.
[35:53] Speaker 1: Look, he was awesome.
[35:54] Speaker 13: As a rookie, not so much last year, and I
[35:56] Speaker 13: know the foot injury definitely had a lot to do
[35:58] Speaker 13: with that, but I've so did the loss of Liam
[36:01] Speaker 13: Cohen and last season he averaged the fewest yards per
[36:04] Speaker 13: carry in the NFL. But what really worries me is
[36:07] Speaker 13: the Bucks paid Kenneth Gainwell and it was not a
[36:10] Speaker 13: small deal. And gain Well excels as a receiving back.
[36:13] Speaker 13: He could steal some carries away. And last year Bucky
[36:16] Speaker 13: did not have a single goal line carry, but Sean
[36:19] Speaker 13: Tucker was highly effective in that role. So if Bucky
[36:22] Speaker 13: isn't getting receiving work or the bulk of it, and
[36:26] Speaker 13: he's not getting goal line work.
[36:28] Speaker 1: That is going to.
[36:30] Speaker 13: Really drive down his fantasy value because those are the
[36:32] Speaker 13: most valuable touches a running back could have. If he's
[36:35] Speaker 13: just between the twenties runner, that's going to hurt a lot.
[36:39] Speaker 3: Yeah, listening to talk about the foot injury, Yes, foot
[36:41] Speaker 3: injury is real and for running backs especially that can
[36:44] Speaker 3: slow down a go going to be really nice when
[36:46] Speaker 3: he is fully healthy this year to show you, FOYO
[36:49] Speaker 3: that he could be a very good running.
[36:52] Speaker 4: Back as far as the top twenty.
[36:53] Speaker 3: If you're right, If he's not getting the goal line carriers,
[36:55] Speaker 3: I think that makes it a little bit of a challenge.
[36:57] Speaker 3: All right, not done yet, plant your flag? Tell me
[37:01] Speaker 3: about Dj Moore.
[37:03] Speaker 13: Look, I think people are gonna call me a homer,
[37:05] Speaker 13: but I think DJ Moore is going to return to
[37:07] Speaker 13: be a top fifteen Fantasy wide receiver. I just did
[37:12] Speaker 13: not think he was a good fit for the Bears
[37:14] Speaker 13: offense last year. For one, Caleb has been bottom four
[37:17] Speaker 13: in catchuple pass rates each of the last two seasons
[37:21] Speaker 13: and more struggled on the quick stuff last year. But
[37:24] Speaker 13: when the Bears held the ball for more than two
[37:26] Speaker 13: point five seconds, he led them in yards and touchdowns.
[37:30] Speaker 1: And Josh Allen, well, he holds the ball.
[37:32] Speaker 13: He's always averaged two point nine or more seconds to throw.
[37:36] Speaker 13: And Moore is a great improviser, as is Josh Allen.
[37:39] Speaker 13: He has a history of success with Joe Brady and DJ.
[37:43] Speaker 13: Moore was the Bears leading receiver in yards and touchdowns
[37:45] Speaker 13: in the playoffs when the games mattered most.
[37:47] Speaker 1: So I think he could still play.
[37:49] Speaker 13: And if you're gonna put that guy with Josh Allen, yeah,
[37:52] Speaker 13: I think he can return to be top fifteen fantasy
[37:54] Speaker 13: wide receiver.
[37:56] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[37:56] Speaker 6: I said that earlier in the show, but you had
[37:58] Speaker 6: already planned. It's not like you stole my idea. We're
[38:00] Speaker 6: just in lockstep Mike and Mike on the same page
[38:02] Speaker 6: on this one, all right, So let's get the Jade
[38:04] Speaker 6: Daniels because frankly, I don't know where I stand on
[38:06] Speaker 6: this one.
[38:06] Speaker 1: You may convince me that this.
[38:08] Speaker 6: New offense for Jayden Daniels got the verbos, play calls,
[38:12] Speaker 6: all this stuff, that it's gonna be a good thing,
[38:14] Speaker 6: is it?
[38:16] Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a good. Look. You know,
[38:17] Speaker 1: I love Jayden Daniels.
[38:18] Speaker 13: I told you to draft him on the outsiders every year.
[38:22] Speaker 13: And look, do not let the injuries from last season
[38:25] Speaker 13: lead you to forget just how good Jayden Daniels is.
[38:27] Speaker 13: He had the second most fantasy points ever by a
[38:30] Speaker 13: rookie quarterback. He averaged twenty fantasy points per game in
[38:35] Speaker 13: the four games that he started and finished last year.
[38:37] Speaker 1: Yeah, I know it's only.
[38:38] Speaker 13: Four, but again, if you watch quarterback, you reminded it
[38:41] Speaker 13: was three different injuries that that was more bad luck.
[38:44] Speaker 1: Than it was like a reoccurring nagging injury.
[38:47] Speaker 13: And he has scored nineteen or more fantasy points in
[38:49] Speaker 13: eighty percent of the full games he's played in his career.
[38:53] Speaker 1: The only concern there is is health.
[38:55] Speaker 13: But we know that quarterback is the deepest position in
[38:58] Speaker 13: the game, so you could take a safe beat back
[39:00] Speaker 13: later and just cover your bases that way.
[39:03] Speaker 3: Always frustrating to see people talk about a guy like
[39:05] Speaker 3: he can't play anymore when he had a couple of random,
[39:07] Speaker 3: nagging injuries that all collided in on him. And you
[39:11] Speaker 3: know that, certainly to me, seems like the case with
[39:13] Speaker 3: Jayden Daniers really looking forward to watching him in this
[39:15] Speaker 3: new offense for the Washington Commanders proved to everyone that he.
[39:19] Speaker 5: Is still really, really good.
[39:22] Speaker 4: All right, Furial.
[39:23] Speaker 3: What about one of the top free agent signings of
[39:27] Speaker 3: this offseason, Isaiah Likely?
[39:30] Speaker 1: Yeah?
[39:30] Speaker 13: I think Isaiah Likely is going to be a top
[39:32] Speaker 13: ten fantasy tight end this year. And I might argue
[39:35] Speaker 13: that is the floor because look, we've seen flashes. Remember
[39:38] Speaker 13: the Fab Wars Week one twenty twenty four that everyone
[39:41] Speaker 13: was willing to blow their budget to get Likely on
[39:43] Speaker 13: their team. In that season, he was top seven and
[39:46] Speaker 13: fantasy points for target yards per catch and ends on
[39:49] Speaker 13: targets amongst tight ends, and last season Jackson Dart was
[39:53] Speaker 13: featuring the tight ends a good bit. And if there's
[39:57] Speaker 13: no Moleak Neighbors to start the season, he could be
[40:00] Speaker 13: to go to target for the Giants. I think even
[40:02] Speaker 13: if Neighbors is out there, Likely.
[40:04] Speaker 1: Is probably the number one option in the end zone.
[40:08] Speaker 13: I have him ranked in the top ten and let's
[40:10] Speaker 13: not forget he's the coach picked him to come along
[40:13] Speaker 13: with him from Baltimore. So I expect to see a
[40:15] Speaker 13: whole lot of Isaiah.
[40:18] Speaker 1: Likely for the New York Giants this year, and top
[40:20] Speaker 1: ten might be the floor. I think he has top
[40:22] Speaker 1: five upside at the tight end position.
[40:23] Speaker 6: I take a break, rest your voice, take a drink
[40:26] Speaker 6: of water in every water off going on there, because
[40:29] Speaker 6: I'm going to plant the flag now, Ian and I
[40:31] Speaker 6: are going to plant their own flags. I didn't have
[40:33] Speaker 6: a flag around the office, although I sort of do it.
[40:35] Speaker 6: I have a golf training toy to a training ball.
[40:39] Speaker 6: Here is that every training tool that's ever been bought,
[40:43] Speaker 6: I've used like toy.
[40:43] Speaker 1: Get that off and how to use it.
[40:46] Speaker 4: I don't know the.
[40:46] Speaker 6: Point of the flag, so I'm just gonna plant it
[40:48] Speaker 6: here and plant in the flag. My flag is Ashton genty.
[40:53] Speaker 6: And I know you sort of at least agree with
[40:55] Speaker 6: this a little bit. Here Ashton genty Top five running
[40:59] Speaker 6: back one or maybe it's tier two.
[41:02] Speaker 1: It depends on how many.
[41:02] Speaker 6: Of you put in your tiers when it comes to
[41:04] Speaker 6: running back. But I am I'm telling you, I'm setting
[41:07] Speaker 6: myself up to look like an idiot, because there's plenty
[41:09] Speaker 6: of Ashton gent D commentary that I put out there,
[41:11] Speaker 6: But Ashton Gens the big bounce back in Clint Kobiak's offense,
[41:15] Speaker 6: Tyler Linderbaum the center there. An offensive line is gonna
[41:18] Speaker 6: be plant that flag.
[41:19] Speaker 1: And keep the hands and the path inside.
[41:23] Speaker 6: Which I think he's with the flag is they want
[41:25] Speaker 6: the path inside.
[41:26] Speaker 1: So he went the flag.
[41:26] Speaker 3: Oh, I don't have said I don't have a flag,
[41:29] Speaker 3: but I do have water for for you.
[41:31] Speaker 1: Oh I needed it. Jenson's my RB three. By the way,
[41:34] Speaker 1: I feel so much better.
[41:35] Speaker 3: Hold on, I'm not done yet. All right, here's my
[41:38] Speaker 3: flag planting. Cam Ward is a top ten fantasy running back.
[41:43] Speaker 1: Yes, I think.
[41:44] Speaker 4: He is this year's version of Caleb Williams.
[41:47] Speaker 3: This is not apples. Apples is not exactly the same.
[41:50] Speaker 3: But here's what I see a run.
[41:54] Speaker 1: I said, running back.
[41:55] Speaker 4: I'm in quarterback.
[41:56] Speaker 1: Here's what I mean.
[41:56] Speaker 3: A quarterback who's got a new offensive coordinator, who's got
[41:59] Speaker 3: it in priest, a much improved set of skill guys,
[42:03] Speaker 3: and who is really ready to kind of hit the
[42:05] Speaker 3: ground running in a new system. Cam Ward top ten
[42:08] Speaker 3: fantasy quarterback, not running back.
[42:11] Speaker 1: Sorry, cam I love the jen Z Cole.
[42:14] Speaker 13: He is tier two for me, but he is my
[42:15] Speaker 13: RB three and cam Ward I do think breaks out.
[42:18] Speaker 1: I don't have him rank that high.
[42:19] Speaker 13: But if you like cam Ward with Brian Dable and everything,
[42:22] Speaker 13: you should also really like Carnel Tate, who I am
[42:24] Speaker 13: very in on this season.
[42:26] Speaker 6: You have only two running backs in your top tier?
[42:29] Speaker 6: Is that we are telling me? Yeah, Jims and be's
[42:31] Speaker 6: a wave in the flag.
[42:33] Speaker 1: Now.
[42:33] Speaker 6: We'll get back to that later. We'll wave in the flag,
[42:35] Speaker 6: the white flag on this segment. Speaking of flag, how
[42:38] Speaker 6: about this one? Flag football is the fastest growing sport
[42:40] Speaker 6: in the world.
[42:41] Speaker 1: Are you guys playing that in the control room? Didn't you?
[42:43] Speaker 1: Good job?
[42:43] Speaker 6: And the third annual NFL Flag Football Championships will be
[42:46] Speaker 6: on the ABC, ESPN, NFL Network, ESPN two this week
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[42:52] Speaker 1: ESPN Deportes and.
[42:53] Speaker 6: The Disney Networks will have additional coverage each day with
[42:56] Speaker 6: all games on the ESPN app. For more information, go
[42:59] Speaker 6: to NFL flag dot com.
[43:04] Speaker 1: It's one more look at the rookies.
[43:05] Speaker 2: That reported to training camp today and as of tomorrow,
[43:10] Speaker 2: the Arizona Cardinals and the Carolina Panthers will have both
[43:13] Speaker 2: their full squads.
[43:14] Speaker 1: In the building.
[43:15] Speaker 2: Of course, they play in the Pro Football Hall of
[43:16] Speaker 2: Fame Game August sixth. I'm Steve White Frock crew here
[43:20] Speaker 2: at NFL Network and the insiders. Have a good night
[43:23] Speaker 2: and let's be better tomorrow

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